Mandarin Chinese Characters Set 19 (20)

Question 1

均 匀

Answer 1

jun1 yun2
“joon yoon”
even + well distributed = to distribute evenly

Question 2

几

Answer 2

ji3
“jee”
= how many

Question 3

几

Answer 3

ji1
“jee”
= bench (as a noun)

Question 4

几

Answer 4

ji1
“jee”
= almost (as an adverb)

Question 5

几

Answer 5

ji1
“jee”
= to reach/ to attain (verb)

Question 6

几

Answer 6

ji3
“jee”
= several (pronoun)

Question 7

机

Answer 7

ji1
“jee”
= machine

Question 8

凡

Answer 8

fan2
“fan”
= ordinary

Question 9

朵

Answer 9

duo3
“dwor”
how many 几 + tree 木 = a quantity of flowers

Question 10

几 朵 花

Answer 10

ji3 duo3 hua
“jee dwor hwar”
= how many flowers?

Question 11

凤

Answer 11

feng4
“fung”
= male phoenix, king of the birds in Chinese mythology and a symbol of good fortune.

Question 12

凰

Answer 12

huang2
“hoo-wong”
how many 几 + white 白 + king 王 = female phoenix

Question 13

几 天

Answer 13

ji3 tian1
“jee tee en”
Several 几 + sky/heaven/day 天 = several days

Question 14

几 天 吗

Answer 14

ji3 tian1 ma2
“jee tee en mar”
how many + sky/day = how many days?

Question 15

好 几

Answer 15

hao3 ji3
“how jee” how like cow
good + how many = several

Question 16

十 几

Answer 16

shi2 ji1
“shee jee”
ten + almost = a dozen or so

Question 17

厶

Answer 17

si1 or mou3
“suh” or “mow” like go.
= private

Question 18

公

Answer 18

gong1
“gong”
= character for no 8 + private = public
公 公 = ‘grandfather’; or ‘male’ when referring to animals.

Question 19

去

Answer 19

qu4
“choo”
private 厶 + soil 土 = to go （this alludes to someone leaving one place and going to somewhere).

Question 20

松

Answer 20

song1
“song”
tree 木 + public 公 = pine (noun - pine tree I think)