Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 43
Today's Chinese characters:
王张刘陈周
To begin with, we are going to use today's five characters only as surnames. Anyway, don't play down the importance of memorizing them!
There are at least three reasons:
- They are among the 1000 most commonly used characters!
- The number of people with these surnames is bigger than the population of United States of America!
- Most important, they are not just surnames, they have meaning and make up a lot of frequently used words.
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Characters' Essentials
| - | A surname (the n.2 most common Chinese surname) |
| - | A surname (the n.3 most common Chinese surname) |
| - | A surname (the n.4 most common Chinese surname) |
| - | A surname (the n.5 most common Chinese surname) |
| - | A surname (the n.9 most common Chinese surname) |
Description and Examples
Did you find the contradiction contained in yesterday's dialogue? You read: 九千万人都姓李！
As you can see, between the number 九千万, and 人 there's no measure word! Why?
Sentence Structure 26 |
Sentence Structure 27 |
Dialogue 28
Exercise
Read until fluent the following phrases and make sentences with them:
不好
不太好
也很忙
都很忙
都不忙
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 85 of 1000
appearance score: # 299
frequency: 0.0743901%
| - | King, monarch; head, chief; best of its kind, strongest of its kind |
| - | Grand, great |
| - | (A surname) |
| - | Rule, rule over |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 86 of 1000
appearance score: # 318
frequency: 0.0703277%
| - | Nervous, tense |
| - | (Measure word used for paper, skin, tables, beds, faces, mouths, bows) |
| - | Fix (a bowstring), string (a musical instrument); open, spread, stretch; set out, display; expand, extend; magnify, exaggerate; look; give free rein to, indulge; start business (of a shop), set up; put to good use, give free play to; catch with a net, trap; enlarge |
| - | Zhang (one of the lunar mansions) |
| - | (A surname) |
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 87 of 1000
appearance score: # 751
frequency: 0.0251157%
| - | Conquer; kill; wither |
| - | A weapon; Liu (a state in the Zhou Dynasty) |
| - | (A surname) |
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 88 of 1000
appearance score: # 525
frequency: 0.0402647%
| - | Explain, state; lay out, put on display |
| - | Old, stale |
| - | Chen (557-589, one of the Southern Dynasties); Chen (a state in the Zhou Dynasty) |
| - | (A surname) |
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 89 of 1000
appearance score: # 490
frequency: 0.0430823%
| - | Circumference, periphery, circuit; week; cycle; Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-256B.C.); Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581, one of the Northern Dynasties); Later Zhou Dynasty (951-960, one of the Five Dynasties) |
| - | Make a circuit, move in a circular course; help sb. out |
| - | All, whole, entire, all over; thoughtful, attentive |
| - | (A surname) |
This character has two different traditional versions.
| - | Circumference, periphery, circuit; week; cycle |
| - | Help sb. out |
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