WEEK 8.3

Question 1

‘early morning’

Answer 1

朝 zhāo

Question 2

‘court’; (as verb) ‘to hold court, attend court’

Answer 2

朝 cháo

Question 3

‘loyalty’ (especially toward the sovereign); (as stative verb) ‘be loyal’

Answer 3

忠 zhōng

Question 4

‘hegemon, overlord (chief among the feudal lords); rule as hegemon, rule by force’

Answer 4

霸 bà

Question 5

‘chariot and team of four horses’ (often used as measure word), ‘team of four horses’

Answer 5

乘 shèng

Question 6

(as verb) ‘ride on (a chariot or carriage), avail oneself of, take advantage of’

Answer 6

乘 chéng

Question 7

‘treasury, archive; official building’

Answer 7

府 fǔ

Question 8

‘evening; night’

Answer 8

夕 xī (xì)

Question 9

‘to change, mutate’; (as noun) ‘anomaly, strange phenomenon’

Answer 9

變 biàn

Question 10

‘to fine, punish’

Answer 10

罰 fá

Question 11

‘to receive, accept’

Answer 11

受 shòu

Question 12

‘to be in awe of, fear’

Answer 12

畏 wèi

Question 13

‘to cross, come into contact with, associate with’; (as adverb) ‘mutually, with one another’

Answer 13

交 jiāo

Question 14

‘to submit, obey; to subjugate’; (as noun) ‘clothing’

Answer 14

服 fú

Question 15

‘to harvest, gather together, assemble, take control of’ (n.b. does not mean ‘receive’)

Answer 15

收 shōu

Question 16

‘to do battle, fight a battle’

Answer 16

戰 zhàn

Question 17

‘to be defeated, ruined, to fail; defeat (someone else)’

Answer 17

敗 bài

Question 18

‘to withdraw, retreat; cause to retreat or withdraw’

Answer 18

退 tuì

Question 19

‘to cut off, separate’; (as adjunct or adverb) ‘finest, utmost, superior’

Answer 19

絕 jué

Question 20

‘to cease, quit, stop (an activity or event)’

Answer 20

罷 bà

Question 21

‘to repeat, restore, return; to report’; (as adverb) ‘again’

Answer 21

復 fù

Question 22

‘to summon’

Answer 22

召 zhào

Question 23

‘to go back, return, turn; cause to return, return (something)’

Answer 23

還 huán

Question 24

‘be suitable, appropriate, matching’; (as adverb) ‘by coincidence, just happened to…, exactly’

Answer 24

適 shì

Question 25

‘to borrow, avail oneself of; lend’

Answer 25

假 jià

Question 26

‘to store, keep in storage, conceal’

Answer 26

藏 cáng

Question 27

‘to allow, agree, agree to’

Answer 27

許 xǔ

Question 28

‘to overcome, win a victory’ (variants: 剋, 勀); (auxiliary verb) ‘be able to, successfully…’

Answer 28

克 kè

Question 29

‘to reciprocate, requite; to report’

Answer 29

報 bào

Question 30

‘to wander about, dally, associate with’ (游 also means ‘to swim’) (simplified 游)

Answer 30

遊 (游) yóu

Question 31

‘to return (home); cause to return, send back; give allegiance to’

Answer 31

歸 guī

Question 32

‘to move’

Answer 32

動 dòng

Question 33

‘to flow’

Answer 33

流 liú