FDTL 46/99 |
Chinese language skills for Britain: Disseminating Best Practice |
Reading Tips - Reading Week 2
1 Most commonly used punctuation
, |
dòuhào |
逗号 |
comma |
, |
。 |
jùhào |
句号 |
full stop |
. |
: |
màohào |
冒号 |
colon |
: |
? |
wènhào |
问号 |
question mark |
? |
“” |
yĭnhào |
引号 |
quotation mark |
“ ” |
、 |
dùnhào |
顿号 |
a slight-pause mark used to set off items in a series. |
|
; |
fēnhào |
分号 |
semicolon |
; |
...... |
shĕnglüèhào |
省略号 |
ellipsis, dots |
... |
— |
pòzhéhào |
破折号 |
dash |
— |
! |
guăntànhào |
感叹号 |
exclamation mark |
! |
. |
jiāngéhào |
间隔号 |
separation mark: 五 . 四 (May the 4th) |
. |
2 Character recognition
A. Radicals and components
Radical index | Radical | Name of radical | Position in character | Examples |
113 |
攵 |
tap / 反文旁 |
right |
收, 改,故, 教 |
89 |
主 zhŭ |
main |
top |
表,责,毒,素 |
103 |
日 rì |
day, sun |
left, top, base |
日,时 ,明,昨,旧 |
47 |
辶 |
to go / 走之底 |
left |
这 ,边 ,还 ,进 |
28 |
力 lì |
strength |
right, base, middle |
力, 动 ,办 ,努 |
24 |
八 bā |
eight / 八字(底) |
top, base |
八, 前, 分, 公, 弟, 美, 真 |
170 |
页 yì |
heading |
right, base |
页, 领, 顺, 顶 , |
73 |
女 nǚ |
woman |
left, base |
女, 她,好,姐,妹,妈 |
62 |
彳 |
to walk slowly / 双 人旁 |
left |
街,行,往,得 |
80 |
灬 |
fire / 四点 底 |
base |
热, 点, 煮 |
147 |
钅 |
gold (metal) / 金字旁 |
left, base |
银 ,铁, 钢, 钱 |
157 |
羊yáng |
sheep / 羊字头 |
top, right |
群, 差 |
17 |
刂 |
knife / 则 刀旁 |
right |
到, 別, 刻, 刚 ,剧 |
49 |
土 tŭ, 士 shì |
earth, scholar / 提土旁 |
|
土,士, 地,场, 声, 城, 墙 , |
10 |
讠 |
speech /言字旁 |
left |
论 ,说 ,讲 ,谈 ,语 |
8 |
冫 |
ice / 两 点 水 |
left |
冰, 冷, 冻 , 次, 准, 冬 |
106 |
贝bèi |
treasure |
left, base |
则, 贵, 贴, 赚 |
55 |
扌 |
hand (verbs) / 提手旁 |
|
捕, 打, 把, 搬,拉, 报 |
119 |
殳 |
to kill |
|
毀 |
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