If you follow the lesson step by step, you should have learned 16 Chinese characters by now. It's time to add a few more simple words now.
百 (hundred) without the top horizontal stroke is 白 (white colour). Both the pronunciation are the same.
百
|
băi
|
hundred
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白
|
băi
|
white
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Other simple characters
人
|
rén
|
people
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a person with both legs wide open
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大
|
dà
|
big
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a person with both arms & legs wide open
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小
|
xiăo
|
small
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a person put his arms & legs close to body
|
天
|
tiān
|
sky
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sky (top horizon) is above (bigger than) big (大)
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尖
|
jiān
|
sharp
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small on one end & big on other end
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太
|
tài
|
too
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a dot inside 大
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When you write 人, you start with downward stroke to the left, but when you write 大, you should start with horizontal stroke. When you write 天, you start with upper then lower horizontal strokes.
Combining two characters
Every Chinese character can be combined to give more specific meaning, just like combining English words. Similar to English, the thing to be
described is placed after the descriptive word, eg. white car, sharp knife.
大人
|
adult
|
"big people"
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小人
|
shameless person
|
not children
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白人
|
caucasian
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"white people"
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白天
|
day time
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white sky
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太大
|
too big
|
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太小
|
too small
|
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太白
|
too white
|
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太尖
|
too sharp
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More simple and important characters that you should learn by heart now, as you will come across these words frequently in future lessons soon.
日
|
rì
|
sun/day
|
like a drawing of a sun
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月
|
yuè
|
moon/month
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like a drawing of a moon
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山
|
shān
|
hill
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like a drawing of a hill
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门
|
mén
|
door
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like a drawing of a door
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车
|
chē
|
car
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