Mandarin Chinese Characters Set 03 (20) Flashcards
伙
huo3
“hwor”
person + fire = group (in ancient China people gathered around the fire as a group).
炎炎
yan2 yan2
“yanyan”
burning hot + burning hot = blazing
焱焱
Yan4 yan4
“yan yan”
Flames + flames = Flames of fire.
大伙
da4 huo3
“da hwor”
big + group = folks
火大
huo3 da4
“hwar da”
fire + big = angry
大火
da4 huo3
“da hwar”
big + fire = big fire
木
Mu4
“moo”
tree. (When used as an adjective it refers to a wooden texture. When describing a person it means ‘clumsy, dumb or numb’.
林
lin2
“leen”
woods
森
sen1
“sun”
forest
本
ben3
“bun”
foundation. (Foundations of a house were made of wood. This character also means “origin”.
来
lai2
“leye”
to come (this character is a stalk of wheat + 2 persons to depict wheat being imported into China; i.e. to come into China)
本来
ben3 lai2
“bun leye”
origin + to come = originally
本 人
ben3 ren2
“bun zjun”
origin + person = one’s self
来人
lai2 ren2
“leye zjun”
to come + person = messenger
本人火大
ben3 ren2 huo3 da4
“bun zjun hwor da”
Foundation/origin + person fire + big = one’s self + angry.
= one is angry
= I am angry
= I am furious
杏
xing4
“sheeng”
Tree + mouth= apricot (be under a tree with your mouth open to get an apricot) = almond (another meaning).
呆
dai1
“deye”
mouth + tree = Idiot (a talking tree is silly i.e. idiot - also means “dull”.
未
wei4
“way”
Not yet. (a tree that is still growing; not yet ready to be harvested).
末
mo4
“more, rhymes with straw”
End. (The top line is longer than the lower one. The tree has plateaued. Growth has ended.
啖
dan4
“dan”
mouth + fire = to eat.
