Lesson Six

Question 1

道

Answer 1

dào - path, way, the right way, Way, linguistic account of a way, metaphysical foundation of the universe (n); to give a linguistic account of something (transitive v)

Question 2

可

Answer 2

kě - can be (v) -ed (v)

Question 3

非

Answer 3

fēi - is-not (negates nominal sentences) (v)

Question 4

恆(恒)

Answer 4

héng - to be constant (stative v)

Question 5

名

Answer 5

míng - name (n); to give a name to (transitive v)

Question 6

無(无)

Answer 6

wú - to lack, not have (transitive v)

Question 7

萬(万)

Answer 7

wàn - ten thousand, myriad (n)

Question 8

物

Answer 8

wù - thing, kind of thing (n)

Question 9

之

Answer 9

zhī - subordinates one nominal phrase to another, showing possession or specification (grammatical particle); him, her, them, it (third-person pronoun as object of verb or preposition) (n)

Question 10

始

Answer 10

shǐ - beginning (n)

Question 11

母

Answer 11

mǔ - mother (n)

Question 12

謂(谓)

Answer 12

wèi - to say something of someone or something (transitive v)

Question 13

公冶

Answer 13

Gōngyě - family name meaning “Dukesmith” (n)

Question 14

長

Answer 14

Cháng - personal name (n)

Question 15

妻

Answer 15

qì - to give a wife to (transitive v)

Question 16

在

Answer 16

zài - to be in (transitive v)

Question 17

縲絏(缧紲)

Answer 17

léi xiè - fetters, ropes for binding prisoners (n)

Question 18

中

Answer 18

zhōng - middle, midst (n)

Question 19

其

Answer 19

qí - his, her, its, their (n)

Question 20

罪

Answer 20

zuì - crime, fault (n)

Question 21

以

Answer 21

yǐ - using, taking, by means of (v)

Question 22

子

Answer 22

zǐ - daughter, master, (honorific), son (n); to be a son, to act as a son should (stative v)