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请
问
是
哪
人
美
中
国
意
大
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问(問)
ask about,inquire after, ask
wèn
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请(請) qîng
Pictophonetic - Ask with mouth 口, 门 provides sound 门(gate)
哪 nâ nêi né 口(mouth)
美
讠(speech)
which? where? how?
是
国(國)
Pictophonetic - Mouth 口 suggests the meaning while 那 provides the pronunciation.
大 dà dài
日(sun)
人
man,person,people, mankind,someone else
rén Ideograph - Decorating a person 大 beautifully with a ram 羊 head
Pictograph - a person walking on two legs 人(person)
country,nation,state, national
中 zhöng zhòng
Ideograph - Simplified form of 國. An estate 或 within the borders 囗
central,center,middle,in the midst of,hit (target), attain,within,among,while (doing something),during, Pictograph - split off a box in the middle with a line 丨
丨(line)
big,huge,large,major, great,wide,vast,deep, oldest,eldest, Kangxi radical number 37
意 yì
Pictograph - a man with outstretched arms and legs 大(big)
is,are,am,yes,to be, indeed,right,ok
Ideograph - Speak 曰 straight 正
pretty, beautiful, pleasing, America,
guó
囗(enclosure)
Pictophonetic - Speak 讠 suggests the meaning while 青 provides the pronunciation.
shì
mêi
羊(sheep)
to ask,to invite,please (do something),to treat (to a meal etc),to request
心(heart)
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thought,idea,opinion, meaning,wish,desire, intention,abbr. for Italy Pictophonetic - Heart 心 suggests the meaning while 音 provides the pronunciation.
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利
谁
同
学
习
对
英
语
北
京
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谁(誰)
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who,whom,whose,anyone
利
shéi
讠(speech)
学(學)
lì Pictophonetic - Speak 讠 suggests the meaning while 隹 provides the pronunciation.
Ideograph - Knife 刂 with grain 禾 刂(knife)
learn,study,science, knowledge,school,-ology
xué
同
子(child)
duì
Ideograph - covered 冂 by one 一 mouth 口 口(mouth)
couple,pair,to be opposite,to oppose,to face,for,to,correct (answer),to answer,to
习(習)
寸(inch)
乙(second)
language,words,saying, expression,dialect,speech
yû yù 讠(speech)
京
英
Ideograph - Simplified form of 習, birds practice flying with the wings 羽 in the daytime 白
brave,a hero;wise, England,English
yïng Pictophonetic - Speech讠 suggests the meaning while 吾 provides the pronunciation.
艹(grass)
capital,Beijing (abbr.)
北
jïng
Pictophonetic - Grass 艹 indicates the meaning while 央 provides the sound
north,northern,northward
bêi Pictograph - Picture of an ancient building
亠(lid)
to practice,to study,habit
xí
Ideograph - a pair of hands 又 and 寸
语(語)
like,same,similar, together,alike,with
tóng tòng Ideograph - Kids 子 study under a roof 冖
对(對)
advantage,benefit,profit, sharp,merit,gains
Pictograph - Two men sitting 匕 back to back 匕(ladle)
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上 shàng shâng
on,on top,upon,first (of two parts),previous or last (week etc),upper,higher, above,previous,to climb, Ideograph - indicating above the line or ground 一
一(one)
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