Lesson Five

Question 1

善

Answer 1

shàn - to be good (stative v)

Question 2

哉

Answer 2

zāi - (exclamatory particle)

Question 3

信

Answer 3

xìn - truly, genuinely (adv)

Question 4

如

Answer 4

rú - if (conjunction); to be like (transitive v)

Question 5

雖(虽)

Answer 5

suī - although, even, though (conjunction)

Question 6

有

Answer 6

yǒu - there is, there exists (transitive v); to have (transitive v)

Question 7

粟

Answer 7

sù - grain (n)

Question 8

吾

Answer 8

wú - I, my, mine (n)

Question 9

得侕

Answer 9

dé ér - to succed in (v)-ing (expression)

Question 10

食

Answer 10

shí - to eat (transitive v)

Question 11

諸

Answer 11

zhū - equivalent of 之乎, ‘… it?” (grammatical particle)

Question 12

者

Answer 12

zhě - (v) to gerund, i.e. “(v)-ing”; changes verbal phrase to nominal phrase, i.e. “those who…” “that which…” (grammatical particle)

Question 13

好

Answer 13

hào - to be fond of (transitive v)