YCT 2 — Words and Characters for Kids (page 2)

(n.) younger brother

(n.) room (separated part of the inside of a building)

(adj.) tasty, delicious | (phr.) fond of eating, gluttonous

(adj.) red | (n.) bonus | (adj.) popular, successful | (char.) needle work (only used in the word 女红) | (char.) of happy occasions; revolutionary

(v.) to feel, be aware of; to think

(av.) can, may | (adj.) passable, pretty good, not bad; awful, terrible

(num.) two (used instead of 'er' in some cases); both (sides or parties); a couple of, a few | (m.) 50 grams

(num.) zero, 0 | (adj./n.) fragmentary, fractional; fragment, fraction | (char.) (of rain, dew, tears, etc.) to fall, to drop; (lit. of plants, etc.) wither

(n.) younger sister

(sep-v.) get up (from bed), get out of bed

(n.) pencil

(v.) speak, say, talk

(v.) enjoy oneself, play; employ, resort to | (char.) hold and fondle; enjoy, appreciate; ruminate, ponder; treat lightly

(n.) evening, night

(n.) colour, color

(av.) would like to, will; should, must; be about to; be determined to do; might (used to indicate an estimate) | (char.) demand, ask; force coerce; variant of 邀 | (conj.) if, in case | (v.) need; want; ask for, demand; request | (char.) essential points; important

(adv.) also, too, either, as well; even, even if; used for emphasis (often in negative sentences); used to soften the tone | (par.) (lit.) used at the end of a sentence indicating affirmation; used in the middle of a sentence marking off the topic of the statement

(n.) early morning

(adj./adv.) true, genuine, authentic; clear, unmistakable; really, indeed, truly | (char.) portrait; natural character, inherent quality; referring to the regular script in Chinese calligraphy

(char./m.) single, the only; measure word for birds and some animals, for one of certain paired things, for certain containers, or small boats | (adv.) only, merely, just

(v./n.) draw, paint; painting, drawing, picture | (n./v.) stroke; to draw, to mark

(n.) foot | (char.) base, leg; waste material; football player; footnote; related to carrying or transporting manually

(adj.) green | (char.) used in certain words, e.g. 绿林, etc.

(n.) banana

(n.) panda

(char./m.) single, the only; measure word for birds and some animals, for one of certain paired things, for certain containers, or small boats | (adv.) only, merely, just

(n.) steamed buns with stuffing

(adj.) yellow | (adj.) (film, book) rated only for adults | (n./v.) yellow-colored animal product; (abbr.) Yellow River; (oral) fall through, come to nothing