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Chinese Lesson 2
Characters and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| that | nà |
| nà (character) | 那 |
| (possessive/descriptive particle) | de |
| de (character) | 的 |
| photograph; to illuminate/shine | zhào |
| zhào (character) | 照 |
| flat, thin piece | piàn |
| piàn (character) | 片 |
| this | zhè |
| zhè (character) | 这 |
| father, dad | bà |
| bà (character) | 爸 |
| mother, mom | mā |
| mā (character) | 妈 |
| (measuring word for everyday objects) | gè/ge |
| gè/ge (character) | 个 |
| child | hái |
| hái (character) | 孩 |
| who | shéi |
| shéi (character) | 谁 |
| she, her | tā (f) |
| tā (f) (character) | 她 |
| he, him | tā (m) |
| tā (m) (character) | 他 |
| male | nán |
| nán (character) | 男 |
| younger brother | dì |
| dì (character) | 弟 |
| older brother | gē |
| gē (character) | 哥 |
| son, child | ér |
| ér (character) | 儿 |
| to have, to exist | yǒu |
| yǒu (character) | 有 |
| not | méi |
| méi (character) | 没 |
| (family name); tall, high | gāo |
| gāo (character) | 高 |
| (written) language, script | wén |
| wén (character) | 文 |
| family, home | jiā |
| jiā (character) | 家 |
| how many, some, a few | jǐ |
| jǐ (character) | 几 |
| (a family name), white | bái |
| bái (character) | 白 |
| doctor, medicine | yī |
| yī (character) | 医 |
| love; to love | ài |
| ài (character) | 爱 |
| younger sister | mèimei |
| mèimei (character) | 妹妹 |
| and | hé |
| hé (character) | 和 |
| eldest/oldest sister | dàjiě |
| dàjiě (character) | 大姐 |
| second oldest sister | èrjiě |
| èrjiě (character) | 二姐 |
| to do | zuò |
| zuò (character) | 做 |
| job; to work | gōngzuò |
| gōngzuò (character) | 工作 |
| lawyer | lǚshī |
| lǚshī (character) | 律师 |
| the English language | Yīngwén |
| Yīngwén (character) | 英文 |
| both/all | dōu |
| dōu (character) | 都 |
| college student | dàxuéshēng |
| dàxuéshēng (character) | 大学生 |
| university, college | dàxué |
| dàxué (character) | 大学 |
| doctor, physician | yīshēng |
| yīshēng (character) | 医生 |