Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 60

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Today's Chinese characters:

画杂货诗水手是

画家、杂货商、诗人和水手是今天的工作。

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Characters' Essentials

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画
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huà
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-Paint, draw
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杂
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zá
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-Miscellaneous, sundry
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货
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huò
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-Goods, commodity
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诗
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shī
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-Poetry, verse, poem
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水
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shuǐ
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-Water; a general term for rivers, lakes, seas, etc.
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手
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shǒu
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-Hand; a person doing or good at a certain job
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是
Lesson 12
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shì
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-To be: this verb ties two things, indicating that they are identical or that the second explains or states the case of the first

Description and Examples

Word
画家
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huà ­jiā
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Painter, artist
Word
杂货
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zá ­huò
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Sundry goods, groceries
Word
杂货商
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zá ­huò ­shāng
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Grocer
Word
诗人
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shī ­rén
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Poet
Word
水手
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shuǐ ­shǒu
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Seaman, sailor


Dialogue 39

A:
今天的工作是什么？
B:
今天的工作是画家、杂货商、诗人和水手。

Sentence Structure 31
The Declarative “是” Sentence - Part 2

The verb 是 ties two things, indicating that they are identical or that the second explains or states the case of the first.

Both forms "A是B" and "B是A" are correct, but their meanings are slightly different. Examples:

Example 1

我是刘波。

The point here is which name I have.

刘波是我。

Here the point is who has that name.

Example 2

今天的工作是画家、 杂货商、 诗人和水手。

The point here is which occupations are today's occupations.

画家、 杂货商、 诗人和水手是今天的工作。

Here the point is the listed occupations are which day's occupations.


Exercise

The following sentence contains tomorrow's characters. With the help of your dictionary, find their meanings and translate the sentence into English.

明天的工作是政治家、政治工作人员、打字员、空中小姐和护士。


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Characters' Details

Chinese Character 142 of 1000

appearance score: # 883
frequency: 0.0197737%
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画
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huà
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-Paint; draw
-Drawing, picture; stroke (of a Chinese character)
-Be decorated with paintings or pictures
-(A surname)

This character has two different traditional versions.

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huà
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(same as simplified one's)
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huà
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-Draw
-Stroke (of a Chinese character)

Chinese Character 143 of 1000

appearance score: # 853
frequency: 0.0208083%
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杂
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6
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zá
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-Miscellaneous, sundry, varied, mixed
-Mix, blend, mingle

This character has three different traditional versions.

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zá
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(same as simplified one's)
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zá
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(same as simplified one's)
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zá
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(same as simplified one's)

Chinese Character 144 of 1000

appearance score: # 818
frequency: 0.0220160%
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货
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8
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huò
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-Goods, commodity; money
-Sell
-(Used to curse people)

This character has a different traditional version.

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huò
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(same as simplified one's)

Chinese Character 145 of 1000

appearance score: # 906
frequency: 0.0189980%
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诗
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8
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shī
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-Poetry, verse, poem; Book of Songs
-(A surname)

This character has a different traditional version.

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shī
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(same as simplified one's)

Chinese Character 146 of 1000

appearance score: # 202
frequency: 0.1028056%
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水
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4
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shuǐ
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-Water; river; lake; sea; (a general term for rivers or lakes or seas etc., water); current; a liquid; silver content in coins; extra charges, extra income; water as one of the five elements; Shui nationality
-(A surname)

There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.Help

Chinese Character 147 of 1000

appearance score: # 143
frequency: 0.1449282%
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手
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4
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shǒu
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-Hand; person doing a certain job, person good at a certain job
-Have in one's hand, hold
-Handy
-Personally
-(Measure word to indicate talent, technical ability)

There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.Help

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