Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 54
Today's Chinese characters:
大小卫兰京民清
In this lesson, as in the last few lessons, some characters are introduced only as surnames or names. You might consider them as of secondary importance - don't! It is especially true for today's first two characters 大 and 小.
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Characters' Essentials
| - | In this lesson it's used in the name 大卫, but please remember that it means "big". |
| - | In this lesson it's used in the names 马小清 and 马小民, but please remember that it means "small, little". |
| - | Defend (in this lesson it's used in the name 大卫) |
| - | Orchid (in this lesson it's used in the name 王兰) |
| - | The capital of a country (in this lesson it's used in the name 刘京) |
| - | The people (in this lesson it's used in the name 马小民) |
| - | Clear, distinct (in this lesson it's used in the name 马小清) |
Description and Examples
Article 1: 我的朋友他们六个人叫马小清、马小民、王林、王兰、大卫和刘京。马小清是马小民的姐姐，王林是王兰的哥哥，大卫和刘京是我父亲的工人。他们都是我的好朋友。 |
Exercise
Use please your dictionary's tables of radicals (you bought a dictionary, didn't you?) to find meaning and pinyin of tomorrow's character, 做, and try to guess how we will use it.
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 109 of 1000
appearance score: # 17
frequency: 0.5447246%
| - | Big; strong; great; main; size; age; eldest; your |
| - | Fully |
| - | Adult; father; father's brother |
| - | (A surname) |
| - | Will, shall, be going to |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 110 of 1000
appearance score: # 83
frequency: 0.2123919%
| - | Small, little, petty, minor; young |
| - | Youth; concubine |
| - | For a while, for a short time |
| - | (Used to indicate one's relatives or objects as self-depreciatory expression) |
| - | (Used as prefix of surnames, names or terms for seniority among brothers and sisters) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 111 of 1000
appearance score: # 669
frequency: 0.0301843%
This character has two different traditional versions.
Chinese Character 112 of 1000
appearance score: # 642
frequency: 0.0320153%
This character has a different traditional version.
Chinese Character 113 of 1000
appearance score: # 566
frequency: 0.0368183%
| - | Giga; ten-million, 10000000 (an ancient numeral) |
| - | Capital (of a country); Beijing (short for) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 114 of 1000
appearance score: # 113
frequency: 0.1735343%
| - | Civilians; people; a member of a nationality; a person of a certain occupation |
| - | Folk; civil |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 115 of 1000
appearance score: # 335
frequency: 0.0660017%
| - | Unmixed, clear; quiet; distinct, clarified; with nothing left, thoroughly, completely; pure, clean |
| - | Clean up; settle, clear up; count; clear |
| - | Qing (Dynasty, 1644-1911) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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