Mandarin Chinese Characters Set 21 (20)

Question 1

冰 水

Answer 1

bing1 shui3
bing shway
ice 冰+ water 水= iced water 冰 水

Question 2

冬

Answer 2

dong1
“dong”
slow + ice = winter (the two dashes underneath are the component for ‘ice’.

Question 3

冯

Answer 3

feng2
“fung”
ice + horse = to gallop (can be a surname)

Question 4

欠

Answer 4

qian4
“chee en”
= to owe, to lack, to yawn（it used to mean to yawn 欠 but now this character as a component in a compound has a meaning linked to opening the mouth or exhaling)

Question 5

吹

Answer 5

chui1
“chway”
mouth 口+ to owe or to yawn 欠 = to blow

Question 6

炊

Answer 6

chui1
“chway”
fire + to owe (to blow) = to cook (this character refers to the blowing of the embers to cook your food)

Question 7

次

Answer 7

ci4
“tsuh”
ice + to owe = sequence (It used to refer to the number of times something happened; e.g. 二 次 means ‘twice’

Question 8

欧 （simplified form) 歐 (traditional form)

Answer 8

ou1
“oh” rhymes with ‘go’
area 區 + to owe 欠= Europe 區欠 (the characters pronunciation sounds similar to the English pronuncation of ‘Europe’.

Question 9

匕

Answer 9

bi3
“bee”
= dagger

Question 10

它

Answer 10

ta1
“tar”
= it

Question 11

比

Answer 11

bi3
“bee”
= to compare (it has two daggers as building blocks to depict two people walking side by side)

Question 12

化

Answer 12

hua4
“hwar”
（ a person + a dagger) = to transform, to melt, to convert (often used in chemistry).

Question 13

指

Answer 13

zhi3
“juh”
hand + purpose (dagger + sun) = finger, to point （fingers are what make the hand useful or purposeful).

Question 14

花

Answer 14

hua1
“hwar”
grass + to transform 化 = flower (flowers are a bit like transformed grass).

Question 15

好 美 的 公 主

Answer 15

hao3 mei3 de gong1 zhu3
“how (like cow) may gong joo”
literally = good beautiful of a princess.
= such a beautiful princess.

Question 16

好 長 的 句子

Answer 16

hao3 chang2 de zhu4 zi3
“how chang de joo dsuh”
= Such a long sentence

Question 17

好 臭 的 汗

Answer 17

hao3 chou4 de han2
“hao chow (like go) de han”
= literally “good smell of sweat”
= such a smell of sweat

Question 18

神 的 指 示

Answer 18

shen2 de zhi3 shi4
"shun de juh shuh"
= literally - God of to point    
   revealed
= The instruction of God

Question 19

幸 福 的 山 東（simplified 东 ）女 人

Answer 19

xing4 foo2 de shan1 dong1 nu3 ren2
“shing foo de shan dong noo zjun”
= (fate + blessing) blessed woman from Shandong Province.

Question 20

大 家 小 心

Answer 20

da4 jia1 xiao3 sheen1
“da jee ya shee ow sheen”
= (big + home) everybody (small + heart) be careful