500 Basic CHINESE CHARACTERS A Cracking Course CHINESE - ENGLISH - VIETNAMESE Beijing Institute of Languages HOC VIEN NGON NGU BAC KINH Sp DAR BERR 5 OQ tee roa CO BAN The Most Practical & Cracking Elementary Course for Learning & Writing Essential Chinese Characters TONG HGP: LY CHiNH CHUYEN VIEN HOA VAN CAO CAP HIEU DiNH: TRAN MINH KHANH (M.A.) HQC VIEN NGON.NGU BAC KINH NHA XUAT BAN TREFirst Edition 2001 ISBN 7-80052-460-4 Copyright 2001 by Sinolingua Published by Sinolingua 24 Baiwanzhuang Road, Beijing 100037, China Book Trading Corporation 85 Chegongzhuang Xilu, P.O. Box 399 Beijing 100044, ChinaLOI NOI DAU Nguti nuée ngoai hoc tiéng Han khé nhét 1A hoc chit. Chit Hén khé nh4n, khé doe, kh6 viét, kh6 nhé. Déi véi nhiing nguvi da quen véi logi cht ghép van, khi méi hoe tiéng Han, thi loai chit hinh khéi vudng ding 1A mét thi sdch trdi, méi chit 14 m6t hinkwyé thén bi. 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Some Western learners who get used to the alphabetical writing may even view the square-block Chinese characters as some kind of mysterious writing from another world, each by itself a puzzling picture. The reasons that Chinese characters are diffi be attributed to two: the large number of Chinese characters “andthe lack of ,co¥¢elétion between the forms and the pronunciations. There is a total of over fifty thousand, Chinese characters, even the most frequently used ones still amouft to ‘thréésto four(thousands. To a foreign beginner, each character is different from the others, aad he has to leain it as it is. In a straight sense, Chinese characters, with thé miajorityof themy are” phonetic-compound characters, do contain some components to indiéate th®\pronunciatioaor meaning, only that iit for foreign beginning learners can the learner has to first master a large number of\basic componénts»and characters before he can comprehend the rules and apply them to his study of new characters. Aiming at these difficulties. this bogk i8idesigned to provide the beginning learners a fast and efficient way to masterfivéhimdred basic characters, and through the study of these characters, they also gain a basié knowlege on the compositions of Chinese characters - the radicals, pronunciationsjimeanings and the inter-relationships; thus, enabling them to further build up theit reading characters in a fast pace. ‘This book takes a new approach which is different from other books in this field of study. /It intends to mobilize every learning technique, including vision, imagination, association, comparision, analysis and assimilation, to help the readers learn the characters. For instance: the\character i is interpreted as “a picture is being framed.” ; the character (carly) is imagined as “the morning sun ( 4 ) just came up to the roof of the church (+ ) ; is’s still early’; the interpretation for the character # (cup) is that “ the character 4f contains a ‘wood’ ( 4.) radical in it, it certainly does not (7) mean that Chinese cups are made of wood.” ; a funny joke is used to explain the character % (want), which is: “what he wants is a Western ( &) girl ( 4c)”, Interpretations like these, matched with lively illustrations, will help the learners visualize the meanings of the characters and reinforce their conceptions of the forms of the characters. This new approach may seem to deviate from the traditional method with the lexicographic explanations based on the classical Chinese work #6 (The Interpretations of the Words and Characters). However, through our years of experience of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, we found the unconventional, imaginative,humourous way of presentation can frequently achieve a better result than the conventional, traditional way. Moreover, most of the readers of this book would be students who eventually will have to work with the simplified characters that are used in mainland China. In this case, the trace of the origins of the long form characters would be less useful to them. ‘Two other unique features in this book are: the inclusion of seven types of scripts and an array of exercises. Presenting along with each character, there are seven types of scripts, ranging from the ancient “oracle bone script”, “bronze script” and “seal script” to the modern “standard script”. “Sung style printing script” and even the “hand written style”. This feature will develop the learners an understanding of the evolution of Chinese chracters as well as an appreciation of Chinese calligraphy. The over eighty various types of exercises are so designed that the learners will practise the characters through games and fun rathersthan dread, forced memory. Listed under the five hundred characters introduced in this\book “there is a\fotal of over three thousand entries of frequently used words (two or three charaeters compounds) and phrases. In considering the practicability and extensiveness, the)seleetion of thése entries may not limit only to those begun with the heading character, but extends/#g“iny word or phrase that has the heading character postioned inbetween or at the eni@. The selections of these entries are based on two resources : A list @f 3000 high- frequency Chinese Characters (published by the Chinese Characters Reformatibu Commission yin_1985) and An Outline for the Classification of Chinese Vocabulary (publishedyby the Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Association in 1988). It is believed'that\the five hugdred characters in this book are extensive enough to cover eighty percéat, of the’ vocabulary items listed under the A and B categories (most frequently used Jevels) in An Outline. ‘Three indexesijare providedyfor the readers’ convenient reference: the “Character Order Index” ; the “Stroke Ofder index” and the “Phonetic index”. Although the “Pinyin System” (the Romanization system adopted in mainland China) is used in this book, the “Chinege Phonetic Alphabets System? (the traditional system adopted in Taiwan) is also used to show the pronuneiation of the heading character. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to Professor Bing-cai Rao for his suggestions and comments on the draft of this book. 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B 493 Am HE ABT 4H 274 -H 486 362 F200 AH 140 FGI 394" hh 4BL wp 134 #147 W371 392 $2441 AP 477 24 489 (RE 196, 28 ABO 306 £257 #480 40304 218 1836 F420 RAM % 146 /H 289 i€ 205 fE375 122 sh 285 48 495 443 HLTA W465 a_119 * 4 468 +H 43 £320 fh 355 H363 1129 A296 ik 2A 326 -F 156 325 #450 HTS $8277 4 449 HBL YE 461 Re2kd L475 HF 280 ae 385 #2253 2238 if 251 AAT S A4O%GB 1364 419 44 491 3h 492 -B 115 F2AZ 276 HF 107 AE 106 H463 377 M500 $379 A359 Hk 333 #8 456 +—& F298 246 F 160, 439 & 266 473 92346 4344 HH 249 HF 250 3348 Bh 485 WR139 fk 336 6 282 V3 ISSR, M173 ah 361 E444 wh 445 MBS W172 I 436 WH 313 £497 W349 W464 F268 RIA HB +2) $4457 308 R231 MF 396 3h 233-498 38-305 HF 393 290 AITO Fram 4E 370) $481 F448 4h 252 +58 M437 4/328 +B E214 H 286 xvyi (nat) one (NU) 4 mt (sd) 1. SENG - Stroke order - Thit tu nét: 2. SF 4B - Scripts - Kiéu chi : ee oe Oe WEF OR tt RG tt cia ke Bat thung Teng Khai Le Hanh Tho \wrign Ra s- Goi Fs Using a horizontal stroke to indicate the meaning of “one”, — is a Self-explanatory cHaracter; itis also the simplest Chinese character. ABRAM" EDA RRR GBR MZ Ding gach ngang — dé ghi s6 1, day 1a ch Hén dow gid nat. 4. 3B #f - Component - Thanh phéin : = SBR: = Ga tric el 5. RBEF - Radical-B6 tha: [—\yp: one: Bg nhat) ‘ » +, F, BF, ete. Some frequently used characters containing — radical are: UG EMSA StF, RY Fo Be thii nay/es cde chu thuting ding? —, =, +, F, B, 7, W... 6. Hf Fil ia] - Frequently-used words or phrases - Tw thudng ding : yigona (A) altogether (P) tat cd, tng cong yicing (Ai) definite, certainly (T)_nhat dinh yivang) (Ad) same: (®) gidng nhau vidio (N)allitla, a bit (D) mot st, mot chit yihur (N) | alitle while (D) mot chéc, mot lat nai (A) | together (®) cing nhau Myue tN) | January (D) théng 1, théng giéng Wixi’ | (N) | some,atew, allittie (D) mot 56 wanyil (Cc) incase L) van nhat 7. $5] - Exercise - Bai tap: Practice the following basic strokes - $4: 5] vA-F LAP RA ZH - Tap vist cde nét ca ban : = Bk:néng) horizontal ngang y Asdiny dot cham ] ci :sha vertical x6 - GR: rising hat 7 CHik:pi6) down stroke to the left phéy JEN c4§:96u) hook — mée \ Ciena) down stroke to the right. mée VBL caf:2n6) tuming gap[oy _— cal S ——=| two (ny) 2 hai(S) 1. SENG - Stroke order - Tht ty nét : 2. SEB - Scripts - Kiéu chit: a2 2 2 5S 2 200 RLF RR we RG tH #4, at ee le 3. HER - Tips - Goi ¥ With the bottom line longer than the top one, the self-explanatofyicharacter = consists 6L1wo horizontal strokes. MOPAR «= RAE + FB LA K— the Ding 2 gach ngang = dé ghi sé 2, gach dudi dai hangach trén. 4. BBE - Component - Thanh phén : i Cau tric = at- 5. SBE - Radical - BO thi : [= oi: one : BO nhat) 6. #5 FAIA] - Frequently-used words or phrases - Tu thing ding =A Eryue () February (D) théng hai +24 shréryue (N)) December (D) théng 12, thdng chap FA shorten (A) more than 100 per cent, (P) hit ste, rat extremely BR— | xinaqrer (N) Tuesday (D) thi ba (ngay trong tudn) B—F= auytmer 4G) unique, unparalleled (tn) dc nbst v6 nhi, 6 m6t khong hai BLAH snlsyinv er E) mean what one says, (tn) néi mot khong hai, stand by one's word néi mét 1A mét hai la hai Sk—HK = shiiyksnaer IE) counts one of the very best, (tn) nhat nhi ranking one of the highest — AE yitenweier (ie) one divides into two (tn) mét tach thanh hai —F=E yigiénger bai (IE) poor and blank (tn) mét nghéo hai tring (mot la nghéo vé cong néng nghiép, hai la kém vé van héa khoa hoc ky thuat). 7. He3) - Exercise - Bai tap + Read aloud the following - BR - Tap doc :—_ = San (tam) three (NU) —— 3 ba(s) 1. SENN - Stroke order - Thit ty nét + 2. SFB - Scripts - Kiéu cha: WEF RK RH Rt tH Bat thuimg Teng Khai Le Hanh 348K s- Goi ys > are an = \— tH RE” Thday \Trien The self-explanatory character 2 consists of three horizontal strokes. The middle stfoke is the shortest while the bottom ono is the longest. PARRA“ 2” > Pll > FR Ding 8 gach ngang = 4. 384 - Component - Thanh phan : oe WBE tine = 5. SBE - Radical - B6 thi {— (0: one : BO nhat 6 ghi 36 8, gach gita ngdny gach dui dai. 6. SRI] - Frequently-used’words or phrases - TW thudng dang: Sanyue (N) March siing¢ yue (NU) three months Sin Gus {N) the Three Kingdoms {Chinese dynasty) Xingqisn (N) Wednesday ‘sanyanliéngyd (IE), ina few words sanxineryl (JE) be of two minds, half-heartedly ‘sansanildngliang (I) in twos and threes 7. HF - Exercise - Bai tap : Find out the same three strokes in each of the followings characters RESF PMA GLER ‘Tim 8 nét ging nhau trong cde chit: km 8B RR eA FH Bb (D) théng ba (S) 3 thang (D) 3 nuée, Tam Quée (D) thit tu (ngay trong tudn) (tn) dim edu ba digu, 461 Iai (tn) hai long (tn) timg tép déi ba ngudi, tdp nam tép basi (tut) four (NU) 5 bén(s) 1, SMM - Stroke order - Thi ty nét : Vo} td} eo] eo] ee 2. SFA - Scripts - Kiéu ch 7 a9 ow ow ff RLF RR Beate eat 3. AR Tips- G RB RG cad FH ae Khai Le Hanh Théo \Trién Itis s0 strange that inside the character “four’ is “eight. RHE OFPMADA © La that, trong chit © (tit) lai o6 chit A (bat: 8). 4. ®B4F - Component - Thanh phan : a 5. SBE - Radical - B6 tha : eB Cau tric (15 widieencioaure: 66 vi] ‘Some frequently used characters containing [radical are: 9, Hf], BO, 4, 2, B, 8, Bi, g, A, B, @, etc. VAD ae HF FA A, EA, S, A, BB, Bw, WB, BF BO thi F] cé ede chit thubng ding, 79, H, A, @, 2, BH, AO, A, a, 6. $id] - Frequently-used words or phrases - Tix thwding ding : way slyus “ BAA sige yue «n) waa sioho ” oe sizhou () we sit wy 2ZRaQ xingaisi w) WIGAZ\ simianbatang (te) PAR sienwilie (ey 7. $3) - Exercise - Bai tap: April (D) thang 4 four months (D) 4 thing all around, every where (D)_khap noi all around (D) xung quanh the four seasons (D) bén mia Thursday (D) thit nam (ngay trong tudn) all directions (tn) bén phuong tém hudng, ba bé bon bén {all apart, be all split up (tn) chia nm xé bay Locate the component “ ¥2” ( ™ ) in each character, and count the number of strokes in each character : REI (" )ASFPHEE HRUSFHLS + Xem xét vj tricia “09” ( ™ ) trong cdc chit va dém nét : ¥ £ FF w Bw HF H EZwii (nga) five (NU) 4 nam (S) 1. SENG - Stroke order - Thi tu nét : T[T | al|z 2. SFB - Scripts - Kiéu cha: AAR REF RH RB RG But thing Teng Khai 7) 3. HAR -Tips-Goiy: Note that Z. has only four strokes, not five strokes. BEAFRAIH > Chi ¥ chit Z. chi c6 4 nét, khong phai la 5 nét. 4. SBE - Component - Thanh phan : 2 20K tH eH at Hanh @héo rien sei fl & ‘du tre i ey 5. Bi - Radical - Bo thi: [= 9: one : 86 nhat) 6. 8 FRIA] - Frequently-used word or phrases - TH thudng ding: BA wayue (n) May (D) thang 5 BAA wige yus (N) five months (D) 5 thdng SMB xingaiwo (N) Friday (D) thit sdu (ngay trong tudn) FZH2H waxing nonggl (Ny the Five-Starred Red Flag (D) Ce 43 nam sao ERAN), wanuabamen (16) multifarious, of a wide variety (tn) di thi, tram thit ba gin BLY R wisnivaxso (le) one who retreats fifty paces (tn) ché ché meo lim Jong a baba mocks one who retreats a hundred, the pot calls the kettle black 7. HS] - Exercise Bai tap: Read aloud - BRK - ap doc Yo or sin aha a oe - 2.2 MO & ARR eR fone, two, three, four, five gongs and drums, let’s strike mét hai ba én néim moi ngwdi g6 tréng chiéng woh sin aro Woo shang uu Pee a ee five, four, three, two, one upstairs, let's run nam bén ba hai mot eimg nhau lén edu thangv s —_—_— lid: (luc) P N ‘six (NU) x 4 sdu(S) 1, SEMI - Stroke order - Thit ty nét : ‘Ells | 2. SEY - Scripts - Kiéu chit : ~~ & ri KN wR ow A SY ft mes gh ote ke te tte ee Bat thuing Téng Khai Le Hanh ‘Thao ‘Triém 3. HEAR -Tips- Goi y: ‘As an even number numeral, the character 7< is symmetrical. Notethat the even numibef Chinese numerals =, U2, 26, “all includo the same two equal parts as indiated. RELA BE KH, HA” ERT ETAOAR © Chit 35 hai bén edn déi, Chii ¥: Cae chit sé chin, F2yZx, Addu 06 thé chia doi. 4, 3B - Component - Thanh phéin SHA PARR Cau tric = . 5. BBE - Radical - B6 thi : [A (08): eight: Bo bat) 6. $$FAi8] - Frequently-used words or phrases - Ti thuding dang: aE fhucha (N) Mthe six domestic animals (D) Ive stic (ché, bd, Ion, {dog, ox, pig, fowl, goat, horse) ga, dé, ngva) “* Ligue) June (D) théng 6 FAA linge yuesityp six months (D) 6 thang SMA xingaaia tN) Saturday (D) thit bay (ngay trong tudn) FHA _tinain burg (IE) refuse to have anything to do (tn) khéng nhan cd ngudi than with all one’s relatives and friends ZIRAL samo wor ((€) (with) three heads and six arms (tn) ba dau su tay = super human 4,3) - Exercise - Bai tap: 1. Read aloud the following telephone numbers HCP WA SS Doc ede sé dign thogi : 415-323-6514 512-463-5566, 631-135-2462 2. Convert the numbers into Chinese characters Fe FIR FA ERLE ¢ Vit ede sé bing chit Han : 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, | 1, 8, 5, 2, 4, 6,a qi (that) seven (NU) 2 bay (s) 1, SEMI - Stroke order - Tht ty’ nét + elie! 2. S24 - Scripts - Kiéu chit : Ete ee EN WEF RK RG RA He Eh k* Bat thuimg Téng —-Khai_ «Ls Hanh «= @hdo W\ rién 3. #2iR -Tips- Goiy: Itis stil seven (7) when you turn the character + upsi 46 6” FUERALAT De Chit + dao nguye van 1a 7. down, 4. SB¢F - Component - Thanh phan : + Cawtric : 5. SBE - Radical - B6 tha: [= 09: one : Bo hat) 6. $4 7B15] - Frequently-used Words or phrases - Tix thudng ding : +A Qiyue (N) July (D) thang 7 +44 A ‘alge yus (N) seven months @) 7 thdng ACEAF qishang-baxid (1) be agitated, be perturbed (tn) thap thém AEHSAF cist @rhdng 6) all sorts of occupations (tn) bay mui hai nghé SLEAAHY Iuanqbazdo, (16) at sixes and sevens, ina mess (tn) loan xj bat nhéo, hing tung 7. HB) - Exercise- Bai tap : 1. Read aloud the following Chinese numbers - BR - Doc cde sé BAG 2. Read aloud the following equalities in Chinese - Fl] LiS+& F FF A, - Doc cde ding thiic bling ting Han: 243 84427 T- 7-2-5 Ge =: fn =: déngyi)\ ba (bat) A 7 eight (NU) q 2 tam(s) uy 1, SEM - Stroke order - Thi ty nét : 7 a Coo 2. 546 - Scripts - Kiéu chit: rv KN ~~ NR | BEF RR HH RA tH 4 RG Bat thing ‘Téng Khai «=k. Hanh = Théo Tri 3. #B7K- Tips -Goiy: ‘The character A looks like Papa's moustache “A? FREEWAFH > Chir A ging bo rau chit A (bat) cia bs. 4. SBPF - Component - Thanh phn: Seah e i . Cen tric es LJ 5. SBE - Radical - B6 tha : {A (a, eignt : 86 bat) Some frequently-used characters containing radical A are: #, 2, 3%, %, 7%, HE, HX HL, ote VATE SEE RYE MEAT © HS, Ks, Hs HH HLF © BG thir A 6 ede chit thusmgdingii#s, 2, 3, &, 7, Jk, WW, HL... 6. #47) < Frequently-used.words or phrases - Ti thudng ding : AA Bayue (N) August (D) thang 8 AYA page yus ——(N FFA wom panjn-baligng (Ie) six of one and halfadozen (tn) nifa edn tém lang of the other — to be equal eight months (D) 8 thang SABLA dshus-badao (iE) talk nonsense (tn) dn néi lung tung, néi ldo AMLA B+ wapidalishl (16) pretty close, very near (tn) mui phn ehée chin 7. HS) - Exercise -Bai tap: Locate A (1 ) in each character, and count the number of strokes in the character ah «A> Cv) ASFP HEE HES: ‘Tim vj tricia A (7 ) trong ede chit va dém nét : ee eejit (ctu) nine (NU) 2 chin (Ss) 1. SEMB - Stroke order - Tht ty nét : J [mu 2. $46 - Scripts -Kiéu chat: hr rz AK REF RR a RG tH Bat thong Téng Khai l@ Hanh Ey ee 3. #27K - Tips -Goiy: ‘There are only two strokes in JL. and it resembles in hook too. NF RALB* Chit AU chi c6 2 nét. 4. SBF - Component - Thanh phan : LEB: 2 A Cfiy tric : % L J 5. BBE - Radical - B6 tha: GJ wid), left stroke : BO phay] ‘The frequently used charactéts Gontaining ) radical are: JI], %, X, ft, Hk, +f, BH, ete. VL) HERE ALS A «LZ, x. HR AR HRY Fo Bé6 tha J) e6 cdc chit thutmg.ding: Ji], %, A, Sf. Hk. FH, RF. 6. $$ Rid] - Frequently-used words'or phrases - Ti thuding ding: nA sioyus (N) September (D) thang 9 WE sista (N) the Ninth Heaven; the highest (D) 9 ngay, trdi cao of heavens tA hong | (N)_ the Double Ninth Festival (D) Tring ctu (méng chin (9th day of the Sth lunar month) thang chin am lich) FOR Focuan (D) chin suéi JLH—A justyishBng (1) a narrow escape trom death (tn) thép ti nhét sinh, PLFA—L _jidniv-yimao (1) a single hair out of nine ox hides — a drop in the ocean 7. RS) - Exercise - Bai tap: Find the location of 7U in each character - #& uk F FIL F P 49 « JL” - Tim vi tri cia JL trong ede chit: we wR HR hw