Feb+18

Here is the quiz we had today.

Make flash cards for all of the characters and vocabulary words from the first two pages of the handout I gave you. Here is what was on the handout:
 * rén || 人 || person ||  ||
 * dà || 大 || big || 大人adult ||
 * tài || 太 || too || 太太wife ||
 * tiān || 天 || Heaven/day || 天天daily ||
 * rì || 日 || sun/day ||  ||
 * yuè || 月 || moon/month ||  ||
 * míng || 明 || clear/bright || 明天or明日 tomorrow，天明--daybreak, 明了 clear， 明明 very clear ||
 * péng || 朋 || friend ||  ||
 * yòu || 又 || again ||  ||
 * yǒu || 友 || friendship || 朋友 friend, 好朋友 good friend，男女朋友 boy/girl friend ||
 * wén || 文 || writing || 文人--scholar ||
 * zhè || 这 || this || 这天this day ||
 * yī || 一 || one ||  ||
 * èr || 二 || two ||  ||
 * sān || 三 || three ||  ||
 * sì || 四 || four ||  ||
 * wǔ || 五 || five ||  ||
 * lìu || 六 || six ||  ||
 * qī || 七 || seven ||  ||
 * bā || 八 || eight ||  ||
 * jǐu || 九 || nine ||  ||
 * shí || 十 || ten ||  ||
 * bǎi || 百 || hundred ||  ||
 * qiān || 千 || thousand ||  ||
 * ge || 个 || marker word || 这个, 个人--individual ||
 * nèi || 内 || within ||  ||
 * liǎng || 两 || a couple ||  ||
 * bǎi || 白 || white || 明白 understand, 白天 daytime， 不明不白 don't understand ||
 * de || 的 || possesive ||  ||
 * bù || 不 || negator ||  ||
 * xiǎo || 小 || small || 小朋友 young child (elementary age), 小人--villian，大小 size ||
 * shàng || 上 || above/on top || 天上 In heaven (Literally Heaven top) ||
 * xià || 下 || under/below/down || 上下文 context，天下 below the sky/heaven，以下--below ||
 * shān || 山 || mountain || 山上 mountaintop ||
 * yǒu || 有 || have || 有的--some， 有一天--there was/will be one day ||
 * yě || 也 || also ||  ||
 * tǔ || 土 || ground/earth ||  ||
 * dì || 地 || ground/floor || 土地 ground, 小天地--one's own little world，地下--underground ||
 * shì || 是 || to be || 是不是 is it?, 也是 also is ||
 * zài || 在 || at || 内在 within ||
 * shǒu || 手 || hand || 二手 second hand ||
 * gē || 戈 || weapon ||  ||
 * zhǎo || 找 || seek ||  ||
 * wǒ || 我 || me/I ||  ||
 * sāndiǎnshuǐ || radical || water ||  ||
 * měi || 没 || haven't/there isn't || 没有 without/ don't have ||
 * kǒu || 口 || mouth/opening || 人口--population ||
 * zhōng || 中 || middle || 中文 Chinese language ||
 * yán || 言 || words ||  ||
 * shuō || 说 || speak || 小说--novel, esp. fiction 说明 clarify ||
 * mián || radical ||  ||   ||
 * nǚ || 女 || female ||  ||
 * ān || 安 || peace || 不安--ill at ease ||
 * tā || 他 || he/him ||  ||
 * tā || 她 || she/her ||  ||
 * nǐ || 你 || you ||  ||
 * zhī || 之 || more formal for 的 ||  ||
 * zǐ || 子 || son || 天子--emperor，子女--children ||
 * le || 了 || change of state OR completed action ||  ||
 * zì || 字 || character || 文字--written language, 十字--cross ||
 * xué || 学 || study || 文学wenxue--literature, 天文学 astronomy， 小学--primary school，大学 college，上学 attend school ||
 * hǎo || 好 || good || 你好 hello， 好不好 ok? Is it good? Are you good?, 太好了too good!，学好 learned well ||
 * tián || 田 || field ||  ||
 * rú || 如 || like || 不如—not as as ||
 * kě || 可 || able/may || 可是--but ||
 * jìn || 斤 || measure of weight ||  ||
 * hòu || 后 || after/behind || 后天 day after tomorrow，大后天 day after day after tomorrow (in 3 days)，之后--after ||
 * suǒ || 所 || place OR so ||  ||
 * yǐ || 以 || keyi, suoyi, yihou || 所以 so/therefore，以后 after，可以 may，以内 within，以上--more than,'above ||