Note: when a translation of a character is in brackets, this means that this character cannot be used alone. This does not mean that it has no meaning, just as the roots of words in our Western languages.
Please choose the character stroke order style:
她tā :
she. It is pronounced like 'he' but the character is different: the radical of the left is the radical of the woman.
Stroke order:
Components:女 women; 也 viper or vase.
姓xìng :
to be called (using surname)
Stroke order:
Components:女 women; 生 to be born.
叫jiào :
to be called (using first name or last name and first name)
Stroke order:
Components:口 mouth; 丩 two connected ropes.
什shén :
has no meaning alone. 什么shénme: what?
Stroke order:
Components:亻 human; 十 ten.
么me :
has no meaning alone. 什么shénme: what?
Stroke order:
Components:厶 private.
名míng :
(first name)
Stroke order:
Components:夕 dusk; 口 mouth.
字zì :
writing character
Stroke order:
Components:宀 roof; 子 child.
名字míngzì :
first name
谁shéi :
who?
Stroke order:
Components:讠 speech; 隹 short-tailed bird.
先xiān :
first
Stroke order:
Components:土 earth; 儿 son.
生shēng :
to be born
Stroke order:
Components:生 is a graphical component.
先生xiānsheng :
sir. Note that shēng loses its intonation in this word.
小xiǎo :
be small
Stroke order:
Components:小 is a graphical component.
姐jiě :
older sister
Stroke order:
Components:女 woman; The right-hand element is not considered as a graphical component.
小姐xiǎojiě :
Miss, young lady. Warning, in western China 小姐xiǎojiě is a nickname to designate prostitutes. Use with caution!
是shì :
to be
Strokes order:
Components:日 sun; 𤴓 variant of 正 right, straight.
认rèn :
(recognize)
Stroke order:
Components:讠 speech; 亻 human.
识shí :
(know)
Stroke order:
Components:讠 speech; 口 mouth; 八 eight.
认识rènshi :
to know, to be acquainted with. Note that shí loses its intonation in this word.
