WEEK 7.1

Question 1

‘spirit, god; mind, spirit’ (of living people); (as stative verb) ‘to be divine, miraculous’

Answer 1

神 shén

Question 2

‘filial piety, filial devotion’; (as stative verb) ‘to be filial’

Answer 2

孝 xiào

Question 3

fraternal loyalty, fraternal devotion’ (toward an older brother); (as stative verb) ‘to be loyal, devoted’ (to an older brother) (also written 弟)

Answer 3

悌 tì

Question 4

‘will, intention, ambition’

Answer 4

志 zhì

Question 5

(polite form of address) ‘master, sir’

Answer 5

夫⼦ fūzǐ

Question 6

‘number’; also indicates indefinite number, similar in some cases to non-interrogative jǐ 幾 (⼏) in modern Chinese (e.g. 數⼈ means ‘several people’，數⼗⼈ ‘several tens of people’) (simplified 数)

Answer 6

數 shù

shǔ (as verb) ‘to count’ (simplified 数)

Question 7

city wall

Answer 7

城 chéng

Question 8

‘undertaking, profession, heritage, patrimony’

Answer 8

業 yè

Question 9

weapon, arms; soldiers’

Answer 9

兵 bīng

Question 10

(person of miraculous wisdom and perception) ‘sage, saint’; (as stative verb) ‘have sagely wisdom and perception’

Answer 10

聖 shèng

Question 11

‘rites, ritual, etiquette, protocol’

Answer 11

禮 lǐ

Question 12

star

Answer 12

星 xīng

Question 13

‘family, clan, family name’

Answer 13

⽒ shì

Question 14

‘building with an upper storey or storeys’

Answer 14

樓 lóu

Question 15

‘great officer, grandee’

Answer 15

⼤夫 dàfū

Question 16

‘feudal lords’

Answer 16

諸侯 zhūhóu

Question 17

feudal rank, usually translated ‘marquis’

Answer 17

侯 hóu

Question 18

(Yangtze) River’

Answer 18

江 jiāng

Question 19

‘all the…, all the various…’

Answer 19

諸 zhū