Si\ 4. qi- 7 ba- 8 Jiu_ 9 Shi/ 10 Nian/ year

si\

4

qi-

7

ba-

8

Jiu_

9

Shi/

10

Nian/

year

yue\

Moon, month

ri\

Sun, day

Hao\

Number, day

Xing-

Star, 1st part of ‘week’

qi-

Period, 2nd part of ‘week’

Jin-

1st part of ‘today’

Ming/

Bright, 1st part of ‘tomorrow’

Tian-

Sky, day

dian_

Dot, o’clock

ban\

half

ke\

Carve, sculpt, quarter of an hour

le

particle

Shi\

matter

men

Plural suffix for pronouns

Zai\

Again, 1st part of ‘goodbye’

Jian\

see, 2nd part of ‘goodbye’

Ke_

able, 1st part of ‘can, able to’

Chi-

eat

Cai\

Vegetable, dish, cuisine

Tong/

same, 1st part of ‘classmate’

Xian\

1st part of ‘now’

Zai\

at, 2nd part of ‘now’

Duo-

much, many, 1st part of ‘how many’

Tai\

Too (much)

Hen_

very

mang/

busy

Zen_

1st part of ‘how’

yang\

2nd part of ‘how’

Wan_

Late, 1st part of ‘evening’

Shang(\)

Up, on, 2nd part of ‘evening’

Xi_

1st part of ‘like’

Huan-

2nd part of ‘like’

Sui\

year

Yin-

Reason, 1st part of ‘because’

wei\

For, 2nd part of ‘because’

Ren\

1st part of ‘know (people)’

Shi(/)

2nd part of ‘know (people)’

Xie\

1st part of ‘thank’

Hai/

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