Mandarin Chinese Characters Set 16 (20) Flashcards

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you2
“yo” like go
field + a vertical stroke depicting the road from the field or farm = from/due.

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jia3
“jee ya”
= skin, helmet (cracked seed in a bud) later because the pronunciation was like the word for armour it also means helmet)

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shen1
“shun”
= to explain, lightning (because it looks like a lightning strike on a field.

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you2
“yo” like go
water + field = oil (this alludes to the liquid made from minerals under the field, oil.

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fu4
“foo” like moo
roof + one + mouth + field = rich (alludes to a wealthy family.

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li3
“lee”
field + soil = village, mile (the length of a village)

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nan2
“nan”
field + power = male

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油 田

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you2 tian2
“yo ty en”
oil + field = oil field

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油 门

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you2 men2
“yo mun”
oil + door = gas pedal/ accelerator

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加 油

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Jia1 you2
“jee ya yo”
to add + oil = refuel, go on ( as if you were cheering someone on)

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gong1
“gong”
= bow

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ruo4
“zjwor”
two bows + two ice = weak, brittle (ice can be weak)

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jiu3
“jyoo”
water + wine vessel = wine

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白酒

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bai2 jiu3
“beye jyoo”
white + wine = white wine

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ge1
“guh”
= weapon

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wo3
“wor” like floor
hand + weapon = me, I

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鹿

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lu4
“loo”
= deer (antlers, legs underneath)

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ben1
“bun”
= to flee (the character is 3 cows. Think of fleeing from a herd of cows stampeding towards you.

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biao1
“beow” rhymes with meow
= whirlwind (three dogs running round each other)

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chuo4
“chwor”
= to walk (this only appears as a component never a character alone).