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character; word

Usage note

是构成汉的基本单位,就像母组成英文单词一样。我们可以通过学习这些基本的来认识更多的词和句子。

zì shì gòu chéng hànzì de bā jī dān, jiù xiàng míng zi zǔ chéng yīngwén dūrú yíyàng. wǒmen kětōng qǐ lì xuéxí zhèxiē bānjī de zì lái rènzhī gèng duō de cí hé jùzi.

Characters are the basic units that make up Chinese characters, just like letters form English words. By learning these basic characters, we can recognize more words and sentences.

Context note

经常出现在课本、报纸和书籍中。在学习汉时,我们常常需要记住这些基本的

zì jīng cháng xià chuán kàng běn kān, bào zhǐ hé shū jí zhōng. zài xuéxí hànzì shí, wǒmen chángcháng xūyào jìzhù zhèxiē bānjī de zì.

Characters frequently appear in textbooks, newspapers, and books. When learning Chinese characters, we often need to remember these basic characters.

5 examples

这个是水。
zhè ge zì shì shuǐ。
This character is water.
他写了很多
tā xiě le hěn duō zì。
He wrote many characters.
这个的拼音是zì。
zhè ge zì de pīn yīn shì z ì。
The pinyin of this character is zì.
每个汉都有一个
měi gè hàn zì dōu yǒu yí gè zì。
Each Chinese character has one character.
学习汉需要记住很多
xué xí hàn zì xū yào jì zhù hěn duō zì。
Learning Chinese characters requires remembering many characters.

5 mini stories

小明在课本上看到了一个,他很高兴。
xiǎo míng zài kè běn shàng kàn dào le yí gè zì, tā hěn gāo xìng。
Xiaoming saw a character in his textbook and was very happy.
妈妈教小华写汉,她先教了几个
mā ma jiào xiǎo huá xiě hàn zì, tā xiān jiào le jǐ gè zì。
Mama taught Xiaohua to write Chinese characters and first taught her a few characters.
小红在报纸上看到了一个有趣的,她想查典。
xiǎo hóng zài bào zhǐ shàng kàn dào le yí gè yǒu qù de zì, tā xiǎng chá zì diǎn。
Xiaohong saw an interesting character in the newspaper and wanted to look it up in a dictionary.
爸爸教小杰认,他先从简单的开始。
bà ba jiào xiǎo jié rèn zì, tā xiān cóng jiǎn dān de zì kāi shǐ。
Dad taught Xiaojie to recognize characters and started with simple ones.
老师在黑板上写了几个,让学生认读。
lǎo shī zài hēi bǎn shàng xiě le jǐ gè zì, ràng xué shēng rèn dú。
The teacher wrote a few characters on the blackboard for students to read.

Mini dialogue

学习汉字

A
这个怎么读?
Zhège zì zěnme dú?
How do you read this character?
B
这个读'大'。
Zhège zì dú 'dà'.
This character is read 'dà' (big).

写字练习

A
你会写这个吗?
Nǐ huì xiě zhège zì ma?
Can you write this character?
B
我会,这个很简单。
Wǒ huì, zhège zì hěn jiǎndān.
I can, this character is very simple.

Related words and contrasts

related
word

A word is made up of one or more characters

related
xiě
to write

The action you do with characters

related
to read

You read characters aloud or silently

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