Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 89
Today's Chinese characters:
差刻半
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Characters' Essentials
Character 
差
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Wanting, short of |
Character
刻
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | A quarter (of an hour) |
Character
半
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Half |
Description and Examples
Dialogue 77
A:
今天你工作吗？
B:
今天我不工作。
A:
今天你干什么？
B:
今天我们去看电影。我和刘波去看电影。
A:
你们什么时候去？
B:
六点半去。现在几点？
A:
六点一刻。
B:
谢谢！再见！
A:
再见！
Dialogue 78
A:
刘波，你们家有几个人？
B:
三个人。
A:
大卫，你们家有几个人？
C:
我们家有四个人：父亲、母亲、哥哥和我。
A:
比尔，你呢？
D:
我们家也有四个人：父亲、母亲、哥哥和我。
Dialogue 79
A:
你几点去吃饭？
B:
差一刻八点去。
A:
现在你去哪里？
B:
现在七点四十五分。我去吃饭！
Exercise
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 247 of 1000
appearance score: # 732
frequency: 0.0260196%
Character
差
Animation
Strokes
9
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Wanting, short of; differ from, fall short of |
| - | Wrong; not up to standard, poor, bad, inferior |
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Difference, dissimilarity; mistake; difference |
| - | Slightly, comparatively, bit |
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Dispatch, send on an errand |
| - | Errand, job; corvée, runner, bailiff (in a feudal yamen) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 248 of 1000
appearance score: # 618
frequency: 0.0335987%
Character
刻
Animation
Strokes
8
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Carve, engrave, cut, inscribe; set a time limit |
| - | (Measure word indicating a quarter of an hour) |
| - | Moment |
| - | Highest degree; cutting, harsh, mean, penetrating |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 249 of 1000
appearance score: # 513
frequency: 0.0414373%
Character
半
Animation
Strokes
5
Pronunciation
Meaning
| - | Half; in the middle, halfway; very little, least bit |
| - | Partly |
| - | (Measure word meaning half) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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