Mandarin Chinese Characters Set 04 (20).

Question 0

回来

Answer 0

hui2 lai2
“hway leye”
to return + to come = to come back.

Question 1

未来

Answer 1

wei4 lai2
“way leye”
Not yet + to come = future.

Question 2

来回

Answer 2

lai2 hui2
“leye hway”
to come + to return = round trip.

Question 3

杏林

Answer 3

Xing4 lin2
“shing leen”
apricot + woods = (source of medicine) = medical industry.

Question 4

休

Answer 4

xiu1
“shyou”
person + tree = rest. (Character looks like someone resting against a tree).

Question 5

体

Answer 5

ti3
“tee”
person + foundation = body

Question 6

人体

Answer 6

ren2 ti3
“zjun tee”
person + body = human body

Question 7

大体

Answer 7

da4 ti3
“da tee”
big + body = in general / generally / basically / more or less.

Question 8

竹

Answer 8

zhu2
“joo”
bamboo (This building block resembles two bambo stalks with leaves).

Question 9

笨

Answer 9

ben4
“bun”
bamboo + foundation = stupid / foolish (I think building a foundation of bamboo is stupid).

Question 10

羊

Answer 10

yang2
“yang”
sheep or goat - antelope group of mammals. If this character appears within a compound or phrase it often refers to something sheep-like or nice and positive.

Question 11

美

Answer 11

mei3
“may”
sheep + big = beautiful. In ancient China sheep were auspicious. Mei is an abbreviation for USA.

Question 12

鲜

Answer 12

xian1
“shee en”
Fish + sheep = fresh.

Question 13

羔

Answer 13

gao1
“gow” like cow
Sheep + fire = lamb ( lamb is prepared over fire in China).

Question 14

咩

Answer 14

mie1
“me” like yes
mouth + sheep = bleating of a sheep

Question 15

山

Answer 15

shan1
“shan” rhymes with “an”.
= Mountain.

Question 16

出

Answer 16

chu1
“choo” rhymes with moo
= to get out (people used to be exiled beyond the mountains; hence this character used to mean “exit” but now means “to get out”.

Question 17

咄

Answer 17

duo1
“dwor”
mouth + to get out = to cry out in anger (or noise of rage).

Question 18

仙

Answer 18

xian1
“shee en”
person + mountain = immortal. If you live as long as a mountain, you would appear immortal to others.

Question 19

山山

Answer 19

shen1
“shun”
= two mountains or
= a surname.