Shareables · HSK 1 · 声 · Sound series
声旁 · 青 gives the sound
青 carries the sound in 8 characters, including 请.
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青qīngabbr. for 海, Qinghai Province/green/blue/black/youth/young (of people)
同声旁 · SAME SOUND COMPONENT
The component is the clue: once you can read 青, you can guess all of these.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 请 | qǐng | to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal etc)/to request |
| 情 | qíng | feeling/emotion/passion/situation |
| 清 | qīng | Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of imperial China (1644-1911)/surname Qing/(of water etc) clear; clean/quiet; still/pure; uncorrupted/clear; distinct/to clear; to settle (accounts) |
| 精 | jīng | essence/extract/vitality/energy/semen/sperm/mythical goblin spirit/highly perfected |
| 静 | jìng | still/calm/quiet/not moving |
| 睛 | jīng | eye; eyeball |
| 晴 | qíng | clear/fine (weather) |
| 婧 | jìng | (of woman) slender |
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- 春节 · The words of Chinese New Year — Six words that cover the whole holiday, from the red envelope to the couplets on the door.
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- 问 · Ask about their life — Hometown, family, children, grandchildren, work. Memorize a few of these — they get a person to open up about their past.
- 问 · 哪儿 Where — 哪儿 and 哪里 are the same question. It sits where the answer goes, so the word order never moves.
- 问 · 什么 What — 什么 attaches to the noun it asks about: 什么工作, 什么东西, 什么好吃的.
- 问 · 有…吗 Do you have — 有 + noun + 吗 is the whole question. Nothing else changes.
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