Year 7 Chinese Unit Four Using a dictionary 名字 _____________________ 班级 ________________ Review
1. Indicate the stroke numbers. Provide pinyin and English meanings for each
character.
2. Write down the numbers in characters and pinyin.
a. 34 _________ __________ b. 13 _________
c. 7 _________ __________ e. 18 _________
f. 20 _________ __________ g. 49 _________
h. 30 _________ __________ i. 57 _________
__________
__________
__________
__________
3. Match the words with English.
你好！
你好吗？
我叫…
对不起！
Teacher
Sorry!
Thanks!
What’syour
name?
再见！
老师
Hello!
Howareyou?
谢谢！
你叫什么名
字？
Mynameis…
Seeyou!
4. Respond in pinyin.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
你好！
___________________
你好吗？ ___________________
谢谢！
___________________
对不起！ ___________________
你叫什么名字？ ___________________
再见！ ___________________
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Crack the characters – Structures of characters
Indicate the structure of the following characters. Colour the different parts in.
Single-component: white
Top-bottom: red and green
Left-right: orange and blue
Full-enclosing: pink and brown
Half-enclosing: Yellow and black
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Radicals and components
a. Use your own words to explain what are radicals and components.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
b. Indicate the radicals and component in colours. Radical
Component
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c. Can you work out what the following characters are about with referring to Page
3&4?
For example,
relate to female, good.
relate to food, eating.
d. Guess the meaning of the following characters.
Meaning _________________________________________
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Meaning _____________________________________________
Meaning ______________________________________
Meaning_____________________________________________
Meaning ___________________________________________
Meaning_____________________________________________
Meaning _____________________________________________
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Strokes in characters
The followings are the strokes in Chinese characters. Use the colours to indicate
each stroke in each character. Count the stroke order.
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Rules of stroke order
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‐
‐
‐
‐
‐
From top to bottom
Left to right
Horizontal before vertical
From outside to inside and then close
Exceptions: half enclosing on the left-bottom sides, write the inside first
Middle horizontal and then two sides
Activities: Work in groups of three. Indicate the stroke order of the following characters
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Water Exploration
You and your friends are lost in the dessert. You are dying for water. All of a
sudden, you find the entrance to a cave.
After discussion, your group decide to enter the cave. Surprisingly, with a dim
light from your torch you find a series of symbols carved on the cave wall!
Your instinct tells you these symbols may help you find water! Now you should
try to crack the code AS FAST AS YOU CAN in order to be saved!
(Please note: the water is only enough to save one group of people)
Symbols:
Meaning:
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Calligraphy
1. What’s the biggest character in the following scroll? Describe your thought about
why the calligrapher wrote this character?
2. Describe your though when you see the following calligraphy. Use at least three
sentences in English.
3. The following piece was from the most famous calligrapher in China. Count the
number of the characters. Circle the characters you’ve learned.
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4. Find a calligraphy work you like from the Internet. Print it out and paste it below. Use at
least two sentences to explain why you like it.
Pastethecalligraphyhere
Explanation
5. You will be required to complete a calligraphy work as part of the LA. Choose one of
the followings and follow the format to complete your calligraphy work.
韧恒
Options
A
平安 píng ān
C
福 fú
E
业精于勤 yè jīng yú qín
Practice makes perfect
F
见贤思齐 jiàn xián sī qí
Emulate those who are better
safe
B
happiness,fortune,luck
静 jìng
D
peaceful,quiet
好运 haoyùn
good luck
than oneself
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Stroke Number
a. How many strokes in the following characters?
老 ________ 是 _________ 谢
__________
奥 _________
b. Fill in the following table.
Character
Radical
Stroke
number of
Radical
Component
Stroke
number of
component
Stroke
number of
character
个
给
远
圆
家
回
池
厅
林
茶
汉
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请
谁
How to use a dictionary
The following steps are the procedure of using a Chinese –English dictionary.
a. Indicate the radical of the character and count the stroke number of the radical.
b. Use the Radical index to find the index number of the radical.
c. Indicate the component and count the stroke number.
d. Find the character from the Character Index. Find the pinyin for this character.
e. Find the meaning for according to the pinyin of the characters.
Find the pinyin and the meaning of the following four characters. Indicate the radical meaning.
1.
a.
她 _____ _____
b.
姐 _____ _____
c.
妹 _____ _____
d.
妈 _____ _____
The radical of above characters is _____. The characters with this radical have something
to do with ________.
2.
a.
你 _____ _____
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b.
他 _____ _____
c.
伯 _____ _____
The radical of above characters is _____. The characters with this radical have something
to do with ________.
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=radicals
Find the pinyin and the meaning of the following four characters. Indicate the radical meaning.
1.
a.
家 _____ _____
b.
室 _____ _____
c.
牢 _____ _____
d.
宿 _____ _____
The radical of above characters is _____. The characters with this radical have something
to do with ________.
2.
a.
河 _____ _____
b.
湖 _____ _____
c.
海 _____ _____
The radical of above characters is _____. The characters with this radical have something
to do with ________.
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Reflection – Use full sentences to answer the following questions.
1. What did you learn in this unit?
2. What do you know about the Chinese calligraphy? How do you feel about it?
3. Which part in this unit helps you to remember characters better?
4. Which part did you find interesting? Which part did you find struggle? How did you
deal with the struggles?
5. How did I improve my listening skills and organization skill during this unit?
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