PL 1455 H55 1907 MAIN OC-MWjsL Hill )ne Thousand Jserul Chinese Characters Reprinted from " The Chinese Language ' BY SIR WALTER HILLIER, k.c.m.g., c.b Price Is. net. LONDON REGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. LTD. THE CHINESE LANGUAGE HOW TO LEARN IT BY SIR WALTER HII/LIER, K.C.M.G., C.B. Price 12s. 6d. net. (a) Introductory Chapters on the Written and Sp Languages: their Origin, Construction. Peeuliaril ' and Difficult!- (6) Progressive Exercises^ to each E List of Chinese Characters with their Pronuncial Tone, and Meaning, followed b Explanatory N< (c) The Radicals. (d) A List of One Thousand Gharaete Characters arranged under their Radicals. Uniform with the a\h- tjk same Autho AN ENGLISH-CHINESE GLOSSARY OF COLLOQUIAL WORDS AND Till £EGAN PAUL, TRENCH. TRUBNER & CO. DRYDEN 1 lor ERRARD W ONE THOUSAND USEFUL CHINESE CHARACTERS ONE THOUSAND USEFUL CHINESE CHARACTERS Reprinted from "The Chinese Language" SIR WALTER HILLIER, K.C.M.G., C.B. l'ROFESSOR OF CHINESE, KINGS COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO. Ltd. DRYDEN HOUSE, 43 GERRARD STREET, W. 1907 ltS5 wen INTRODUCTION ^he characters contained in the following list are reprinted from i Manual for students of Colloquial Chinese, entitled " The Chinese Language : How to Learn It." The pamphlet is intended to meet the requirements *of Army (fficers, from whom a general knowledge of one thousand characters s required under the War Office Kegulations when presenting hemselves for the preliminary examination in Chinese. Most of he characters are embodied in the exercises which will be found n the Manual. ' 253249 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE m che 4 , this ko 4 , piece ■ * m "^ shih 4 , is 4A\ ni ' you ft J, i « 7C ti, »b, ing, one, ly mo, an interrogative wo s , I' men, plural of pro- nouns pu 4 , not yao 4 , want, will m na 4 , that; na :! , which shen 2 (with mo), what li s , in 7 t'a 1 , he tsai 4 , at tung 1 , east hsi 1 , west tso 4 , do, make lai 2 , come liao 3 , past tense (ed) THE CHINESE LANGUAGE - —■- * mei 2 , not yu 3 , have erh 2 , son, noun in- dicator tzii 3 , son, noun in- dicator ch'ierr, money, "cash" na 2 , hold, take t'ou', top, end, head k'an 4 , look, r t ad *n % ^ K chien 4 see j en , man m * & chih 1 , know tao 4 , way teng 3 , wait kei 3 , give tso 4 , sit mai 3 , buy inai\ sell ta 4 , great shuo 1 , speak hsieh 1 , some THE CHINESE LANGUAGE m TO wen 1 , ask hua 1 , talk, language eh'ing 8 , please, invite, nht request hsia 4 , down, below hen*, very hsiao 3 , little, small shang 1 , above, upon, to \ 1-1 kuo 1 , pass, cross, ex- "Ipl ceed tsou :i , walk, go 4tt. Mm—w~* hao", good 7*4 m i , one erh 1 , two san 1 , three 83U 4 , four wu\ five I ni', six Jm^^ ch'i 1 , seven A + pa 1 , eight chiu ! , nine shih", ten THE CHINESE LANGUAGE k m pai 3 , hundred ch'ien 1 , thousand wan 4 , myriad ling 2 , fraction, zero liang 3 , two, ounce ti*, number, indicator of ordinal numbers to 1 , many, more shao 3 , few chi 3 , some, how many chi*, remember, re- cord te 2 , obtain, succeed ; w M A tei 3 , must tou 1 , all shu 3 , count; shu', number ming 2 , bright pai 2 , white tung 3 , understand jilt 4 , day, sun tzii 1 , character, letter hsieh 3 , write shih 2 , time m « 10 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE hou\ wait ® rtll su 4 tell hui 2 , return, turn t'ien 1 , day, heaven kao 4 , tell, accuse m t'ing 1 , listen, hear hui 4 , able, a society feng 1 , envelope, clas- sifier of letters hsin 4 , letter, believe hou 1 , after, behind Ft & n ^ ng2 ' ca11 ft chiu 4 , then, only, im- mediately hsing 2 , suit, proceed t'ai 4 , too k'o 3 , but, can pa 1 , take hold of; pa 1 , a handle ; pa 3 , handful T~*° tsen 3 , how ch'ih 1 , eat fan 4 , cooked food shih 4 , affair THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 11 ch'ing 2 , feelings jo 1 , if kuan 3 , care, take charge of # kuan 1 , shut IHHf r""! men 2 , door k'ai 1 , open Mtt ts'o 4 , wrong ch'ii 4 , go ft ch'u 1 , out, forth, issue chia 1 , home, family a m m 3Rv ^ wai 4 , out, outside kuei 4 , expensive, hon- ourable p'ien 2 , cheap; pien 4 , convenient i", proper ch'ieir, before, front shih 2 , true yung 4 , use ch'i 4 , vapour, breath, anger jo 4 , hot ch'uan 1 , wear, to 'go through 12 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE & *¥¥» ft i 1 , clothes sliang 1 , clothes leng :1 , cold i|Vg k'uai 4 , fast, quick, "' — »-"* sharp hsing 4 , surname i 3 , chair >f*K ko 1 , put ch'e 4 , cart, carriage run-, you sir na 1 , collect, pay taxes ft pjf hsien 1 , before, first sheng 1 , beget, born, raw tso 2 , yesterday chiao 4 , order, call, cause ta s , beat, from wang 4 , forget yeh 3 , also IPO ^ m-% hai 2 , yet, still; huan-, repay wei 4 , for, because ; wei 2 , to do ym , cause, reason HI THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 13 m hsiang 1 , country tao 4 , to, arrive at M yiian 3 , far t'ung 2 , same, with tien 3 , a little, dot, point chih 3 , paper chao 3 , search, seek § I'LJ p'a 4 , fear, expect >Cfc pa 4 , a final particle wan 2 , finish wan 3 , late ai 4 , to like 4te yang 1 , fashion, kind, pattern hsien 4 , now, ready chu 4 , live, tight, fast, stop shang 3 , noon tsao 3 , early ch'i 3 , rise, get up, commence yii , ram men", year 14 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE ^~ J ^ ^ chin 1 , now ch'ang 2 , long; chang :! grow tuan 3 , short 3& mJk\W P an3 j board in — ^ 7^ kai 1 , owe ) ought chieh 4 , borrow ken 1 , with, from, follow, heel ping 4 , illness, ill kuan 1 , official, officer cho, verbal particle W$ ma 3 , horse lisiang :i , think ^/M cliun 3 , positive, accu- rate, sanction # £ £ hua 1 , spend, flower ting 4 , fix lao 3 , old, ever 1 A chu 3 , master, ruler i 4 , intention, idea ssii 1 , think, reflect man 4 , slow rtSrt THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 15 m lien 2 , connect, even (adv.), and jen 4 , recognise, admit tai 4 , carry with one, girdle WO * pan 4 , half sui 1 , although jan 2 , but, yet f£ fu 4 , father m ch'in 1 , relative, self yeh 2 , sire, grand- father ah 1 , an exclamation a i :i , already, final par- ticle ching 1 , past, a religi- ous " office," can- on, ritual — */fl hsii 3 , may, might, itT^ promise, possibly chien 4 , item, a classi- fier hsiang 1 , mutual I I J tt pang 1 , help niang 2 , hurry, busy pen 3 , root, source chiang 1 , take, on the point of huo 4 , or, perhaps, if, either 16 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE ai 1 , suffer pei 4 , suffer, endure, coverlet w %>FL shou*, receive, suffer, *-r—*> m endure lao 2 , trouble, toil tung 4 , move, touch U fa 2 , remedy; fa', rule ch'u 2 , except tsung 3 , all, generally yiirr, divide, set a- part p'eng 2 , friend yu s , friend, friendly lo 4 , pleasure, laugh ; yiieh 1 , music li* strength, force kang 1 , just now, hard ts'ai 2 , then, just now shui 2 , who Irt&frl kuo 2 , countrv, king- dom ying 1 , English, emin- ent THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 17 t'i 2 , mention ; ti 1 , lift up « hsiang 4 , like, lilce- ;4lv ness, image pan 4 , manage, trans- act, arrange pieh 2 , another, do not, distinguish m •-• it obi*, since fci/y chien 4 , introduce, re- commend "%/. J A huo 2 , alive, moveable, work ch'ang 2 , constantly, often m j£—+^ tang 1 , ought, at time fc F— ^ of; tang 4 , suitable, |±| P awn * mu 4 , wood H chiang 4 , mechanic, workman chung 1 , bell, clock an 4 , according to; en 1 , press dov\n m \ wo 4 , recline, lie down fang 2 , house, room piao :t , watch li 3 , worship, cere- mony, offerings pai 4 , salute, pay calls fang 2 , hall, chapel tui 4 , to compare, correct,' opposite, a pair 18 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE eli'a 1 , differ; cli'ai', to send, depute It tan 1 , delay S I ^ hei 1 , black, dark Hi ch'iao 2 , look, look at tiao\ fall ho 2 , river, canal cho 1 , table wu , room n E3L M shang 1 , consult, mer- chant Hang 2 , estimate: Hang 4 , capacity k'o', carve, quarter of an hour •I 1tt#^ wu 4 , hinder, neglect fa 1 , put forth -%>^g^^ sung 4 , send, present -• m£ to, escort chih s , point ; cliih 2 , finger m t'eng 2 , pain, ache, love dearly H 4 , gain, interest hai 4 , injure, injury p'eng 4 , bump, strike against, collide shui 1 , sleep THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 19 W % \ ^ chiao 4 , chiieh 2 , per- ceive, feel p'ing 2 , jar, bottle mao 2 , hair, fur 3C ^t>^ chin 3 , tight, pressing M isi hua 4 , draw, picture yen 2 , colour ft Jt se 4 , colour pi , compare, compare with chia 4 , price chih 2 , price, worth ik chiao 1 , deliver to, friendship ching 1 , metropolis ch'eng 2 , walled city, city wall mien 4 , surface, face li 2 , distant from, se- parate from, part from li 3 , a Chinese mile ch'un 1 , spring suan 4 , reckon hsia 4 , summer ch'iu 1 , autumn 20 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE tung 1 , winter tsar 4 , again ch'iian 4 , advise, ex- hort * Pcg liu 2 , keep, retain, de- Ml tain ^ ^ ch'i 2 , ride m £%/£% wei 4 , feed (animal or ■ t By child) i a to i hsin 1 , heart, mind, centre ho 2 , with, harmony, unite ting 4 , nail, to nail so 3 , place, which, all which i*, according to, use p'i 2 , temper, disposi- tion M liang 2 , grain shih 2 , food hao 4 , mark, label, stable, name ^J ch'iian 1 , circle, en- circle ; chuan 1 , coop, pen nao 4 , bustle, tumult, break out At huo 3 , fire pei 3 , north ti 4 , ground, place THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 21 # fang 1 , square, region ch'i 1 , relative hsien 2 , disengaged, leisure yin 2 , silver chin 4 , enter, advance v'o 4 , stranger, visitor, tien 4 , inn, hotel fit* ' \ [ ± chia 4 , chariot T& hsin 4 , new, recently wen 2 , hear, smell hang 2 , business firm, ^ g row, order in series rfr shih 4 , market & # huan 4 , exchange p'iao 4 , ticket, bank note yang 2 , ocean, foreign k'uai 4 , bit, piece shih 3 , employ tzu 4 , self, from sui 4 , fragments, bro- ken into bits 22 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE VS. If *-i i»»i m kuang 4 , ramble, visit ch'u 2 , a cook ts'ai 4 , vegetables, provisions, food yii 4 , beforehand pei 4 , prepare chu 3 , boil cbi 1 , chicken, fowl k'ao 3 , roast nm-, ox, cow jou 4 , flesh, meat ch'a 2 , tea tan 4 , egg (also tzu :i ) t'ang 1 , soup, gravy yeh 4 , leaf t'ang 2 , sugar pao , wrap up, wrap- per, bundle hu 2 , kettle, pot wan 3 , bowl shui 3 , water THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 23 J) St p'an 2 , plate tieh 2 , saucer, small plate tao 1 , knife, sword ch'a 1 , fork, forked ch'ih 2 , spoon nai 3 , milk hsien 1 , fresh "ZMZ. liuai 1 , spoiled t'ieh 3 , iron ho 2 , small box, cover- ed box m n 8 ^.yff* kuan 4 , to water, pour v/yft-M-^ into a bottle, &c. sui 2 , follow, comply with k'o :! , thirsty ho 1 , drink tan 1 , single, odd (of numbers) shou 1 , collect, receive, put away hung 2 , red chiu 3 , wine, spirit yen 1 , tobacco, smoke ho 2 , lotus it M 24 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE |£ « * ,-.,. purse ya% government office, tribunal tan 4 , weak, watery — J shih 4 , try, test, ex- periment %1^ M jang 4 , permit, yield, waive chii 2 , depot, store yu' 2 , government pos- tal house cheng 4 , rule, govern- ment &$» ^ m shou 3 , hand fei 4 , expend, waste fang 4 , to place, let go ft hsieh 4 , thank p'u\ shop; p'u 1 , spread out chang 3 , control, palm of the hand kuei 4 , till, counter, cupboard ts'ung 2 , from yuan 2 , because, affi- nity ku 4 , cause kao 1 , high, tall, emi- |=jgj| nent A# ai 3 , short, low THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 25 JH ® k'uan 1 , broad, indul- gent chai 3 , narrow sung 1 , loose, slack, loosen % kuang 1 , bright, rays, MM j flame, only « a a M pao 2 , thin lo 1 , final particle liang 2 , cool ehao 2 , hit the mark, catch (as a cold) feng 1 , wind, kua 1 , blow (of wind) nan 2 , south iSL sh6ng 3 , province, eco- nomise shun 4 , following, obe- dient wei 4 , gentleman, seat chin 4 , near chiu 3 , long since, a long time yang 3 , look up to, look up '■ ■y' mei 2 , coal m ch'eng 2 , accomplish,, complete, fraction- al part ti 4 , younger turner 26 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE at ® hsiung 1 , elder brother ko 1 , elder brother chieh 3 , elder sister mei 4 , younger sister chung 1 , centre; chung 4 , to pass an examination po 1 , vitreous ■ tjfl chien 4 , space between Ml Jf\ pei 1 , cup, tumbler kan 1 , dry, clean ching 4 , pure, clean hsi 3 , wash \% )<| li" 2 , vitreous sub- stance ts'a 1 , rub, wipe pu 4 , cotton cloth la 2 , to cut with a knife sh6ng 2 , rope, string ||W-U~ hsi 1 , pity, regret 1 ^ tiu 1 , lose IS t'i 4 , to shave the head ► ■ , chiao 3 , to cut with ■~^\^ scissors or shears THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 27 >tl> w w fa 3 , hair of the head hsiao 1 , pare pi 3 , pen, pencil mu 3 , thumb p'o 4 , break chia 3 , nails of finger or toe, armour F? **, foot _e, W ^k a linear foot ^ I ts'un 4 , inch JO^jL hsiielr, learn; hsiao 2 , Z^^S^ imitate mo 4 , ink •I i*. hsing 4 , disposition lao 4 , to alight, fall, drop ; la 4 , leave behind huo 3 , comrade, part- ner ft On chi 4 , calculate, plan t'ou 1 , steal 14 ft S j^ nien 4 , recite, read ~Zj^ aloud, study fen 1 , divide, division, distinguish shu 1 , book kan 3 , venture, dare chii 4 , sentence THE CHINESE LANGUAGE n* sh&ng 1 , sound, tone yin 1 , sound, musical 1 fc tone B sh%1 ts'un 1 , village VU fang 3 , lie down kai 4 , cover, build wo 1 , nest, den, nook kai 4 , the whole ft JEfc chuang 1 , village, farm house | P huang 2 , emperor, im- perial ffi kung 1 , palace chieh 1 , street p'ang 2 , side 32 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE ^ ^~*Z% pien 1 , edge, margin, side V fc^-i liu 1 , ramble, flow £ £ £ ta\ add pan 1 , troupe, rank, class ming 2 , personal name, name, reputation p'ien 4 , strip, slip yang 2 , sun (with t'ai), convex shu 4 , tree ti 3 , below yin 1 , shade, cloudy, concave ma , wasp feng 1 , wasp, bee ling 3 , collar, guide, lead hung 4 , frighten off, clamour che" 1 , sting (of a wasp, scorpion, &c.) wan 2 , play J7C Sm ^^ ling 4 , honourable pao , precious chiian 4 , family p'ien 1 , deflected, par- tial THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 33 > BK 8 chiu 4 , old tsao 3 , bathe p'6n 2 , basin i 2 , soap "%//f~tl p'ao 4 , soak, bubble, blister ning 2 , wring, twist shai 4 , dry in the sun kua 4 , hang up 3t H&\ tieh ! , fold up tsan 2 , we two (with to, when) mu 4 , eye yiian 4 , courtyard, college, &c. U pai 3 , spread out, ar- j^ range ytieh 4 , exceed, the more ping 4 , all, moreover, together with wu 2 , not ma 4 , abuse, curse lun 4 , discuss, dis- course yiian 4 , wish, desire, a vow ying 1 , ought; ying 4 , answer w>> piiij 34 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE m p'ei 2 , forfeit, make good t'i 4 , substitute, in place of ^C ^-*S tan 3 , courage tz'ii 4 , occasion, order, inferior II JI ching 4 , mirror ko 4 , each, every; ko' J , self hsia 2 , casket, box hsiang 1 , box, trunk chung 4 , heavy, grave k'ang 2 , carry on the shoulders & t'ai 2 , carry between i^-» two, lift up J£ m u m fe ch'i 2 , the, he, she, it ch'ing 1 , light mao 4 , hat, cap yiin 4 , revolve, trans- port pao', protect, guaran- tee hsien 3 , danger, dan- gerous chia 4 , frame, stand, staging la 1 , drag, pull sa 1 , let go, let loose THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 35 nil huang 3 , lie, falsehood ch'uan 2 , boat, ship lun 2 , wheel chan 1 , blanket, felt hai 3 , sea tien 4 , electricity pao 4 , report, requite wei 2 , surround, en- close lin 2 , wood, forest pu 4 , pace, step yeh 3 , wild, rude, de- sert chu 3 , raise, introduce ch'iang 1 , gun, firearm ® ken 1 , root pan 4 , trip, lasso tieh 1 , tsai 1 , tumble, fall she 2 , snap; che 2 , de- cide no", remove chang 4 , curtain, tent 36 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE rf ft IB m huo 4 , goods, wares han 4 , perspiration shan 1 , shirt ts'u 1 , coarse hsi 4 , fine, delicate eh'u 4 , place ; chu 3 , punish ts'ai 2 , material J^TLI liao 4 , material, esti- JflV-j mate chiang 3 , explain, ex- pound, argue chiu 1 , investigate ft p'ing 2 , level, even yu , again, moreover k'en 3 , willing kung 1 , meritorious service, labour Srh 3 , ear to 3 , bud, lobe f^ Fj. lung-, deaf ffl ou 3 , accidental; with the following, occa- sionally Srh 3 , with the above, occasionally, you (classical) f+ tsui 4 , intoxicated THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 37 &/L kou 4 , enough ch'i 3 , how ? wei 2 , oppose, dis- regard _A».|— I ch'eng 2 , stage in a ^-JT journey ft t'o 1 , rely on, carry on the palm fu 2 , felicity, pros- perity fu 3 , your house, palace, prefecture ch'eng 2 , receive, be recipient of nei 4 , within, interior! tien 4 , anxious, think of chin 1 , gold chou 1 , departmental district wen 2 , civil, literary \^J chien 4 , common, vul- gar, cheap * &w m chiao 4 , teach, creed shou 4 , longevity na 1 , final particle lang 2 , son, youth ku l , girl niang 2 , mother, wo- man 38 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE M ifi & niu 1 , lass shuang 1 , double, pair hsiieh 1 , boots t'ui 4 , reject, retreat p'i 2 , skin, fur, leather ku 4 , hire m sheng 4 , overplus, ba- lance ni 2 , mud ling 4 , separate, in addition Jfl | — ■— g tiao 4 , a thousand cash kan 3 , drive, by the time that, pursue lo", mule If ts'ao 3 , grass shih 1 , wet, moist, damp wa 4 , stockings ying 4 , hard, obstinate shih 4 , ssii 4 , like, similar yu 2 , oil, grease, paint chin 4 , muscle hua 4 , melt, transform THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 39 juan 3 , soft lien 3 , face, reputation mo 2 , grind, rub ta 1 , consent, reply shen 1 , deep ch'ien 3 , shallow PA Ijiwj^ po 2 » neck huai 2 , ankle bone ^UIM^ ku 3 , bone; ku 2 t'ou, 1 \ a bone m tao 3 , pour, reverse, on the contrary she'ng 1 , animals ku 1 , estimate, guess mo 1 , feel for, grope for; ma 1 , stroke ch'iieh 2 , lame hsiang 1 , fragrant, in- cense V MM p'iao 1 , drift; with the V" > d ^ following, sleek i„> Hang 4 , bright shou 4 , emaciated piao 1 , corpulent (of animals) 40 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE lei 4 , weary, to weary liao 1 , lift up yy chiieh 2 , heels (of a horse) t'i 1 , to kick ya 3 , dumb pa 1 , dumb, stammer as m hsien 2 , dislike, aver- sion ching 4 , only ch'in 2 , diligent lei 4 , class, category iHIB Ian, idle ch'u 4 , cattle >f\ A ch'ou 3 , gaze at, look >££ at ts'ui 1 , urge, hasten man 2 , deceive, hood- wink tt san 3 , umbrella ch'o 1 , poke, prod chang 4 , rely on, battle hu 4 , screen, protect pi 4 , avoid THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 41 shu 3 , summer heat 5-Ea mei 3 , each, every n jang 3 , bawl, shout f^^^ kung 1 , public, just 2? ^£^C feng 2 , meet with, en- counter yii 4 , meet, happen 3ft — * — A ttpt ch'iung 2 , poor tai 4 , to wear on the head su 2 , common, vulgar yii 3 , language teng 1 , ascend, mount DfclV ch'ao 1,3 , brawl, clam- *y our \y chuan 4 , make money, sell at a profit ^S*IJ ang 1 , filthy tt^vi tsang 1 , dirty fw sao , sweep tsui 3 , muzzle, mouth ch'ien 1 , modest, hum- ble hsiin 4 , humble, mod- W es hsi 4 , theatre, theatri- cals 42 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE yo 4 , yiieh 4 , treaty, • ■ covenant with ttl PP lou 2 , an upper storey, two storied house kuan 3 , inn, eating- shop chii 1 , grasp, restrain tsun 1 , conform to, obey, honour ruing 4 , command, fate yuan 2 , garden fang 1 , manufactory, ward ch'u 1 , commencement, at first ch'ii 3 , marry a wife E Sit hsi 2 , wife fu 4 , woman, wife pi 4 , must, certainly ch'iao 3 , lucky, "op- portune, skilful, artful cheng 4 , straight, or- thodox tsu : , enough, foot ts'ou 4 , collect, assem- ble ch'ii 3 , ' to draw as money, fetch ts'eng 2 , a layer, a point k'ou 4 , deduct, knock, button, discount THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 43 hsien*, limit ching 3 , appearance ch'ou 1 , draw out, levy, shrink li 2 , thousandth of a tael kuei 1 , rule, compasses, usage chii 4 , rule, pattern chang 1 , regulation chih 2 , straight, straight on Jlj&^^. han 2 , restrain • with ^~~P^ the following, re- fe % ticent, vague hu 2 , to paste, foolish ffi m ft *M chin 3 , barely, scarcely lo 1 , annoying so 1 , incite, stir up kan 4 , do, attend to chien 3 , concise, abridge ch'iu 2 , solicit chiieh 2 , positively, decidedly nuan , warm t'ao 2 , wash out fan 1 , covet 44 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE iiai 4 , endure fan 2 , annoy, trouble wei 3 , i 3 , tail, end pa 1 , with foregoing, tail t'i 3 , body, substance liang 4 , suppose, con- sider ts'ang', house-fly ying 2 , house-fly shua', brush kuo 3 , fruit H t'ung', go through, thorough ^ kung 4 , all, whole chang 4 , account, debt r -^St t'u 2 , daub, ^ stupid hun 1 , muddy, com- posed nao 3 , brain p§n 4 , clumsy, awk- ward p'ei 4 , fit to, worthy to, match kun 3 , roll, boiling hot t'ieh 1 , card, memor- andum, slip A 5! ft THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 45 tt wang 3 , towards, go chung 4 , plant; chung 3 , seed li 4 , grain, seed « #—* k'u 3 , bitter 15 t'o 3 , satisfactory hsiang 4 , towards, hitherto \ chia 3 , false ; chia 4 , leave of absence t'iao 2 , strip, clause H lu 4 , road shih 2 , stone k'uei 1 , deficiency, loss t'iao 1 , choose, carry on a pole hsieh 1 , rest chi 2 , urgent, impa- tient 46 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE men 4 , melancholy, |jn^j dun • I K? * huang 1 , agitated MIL shan 1 , hill, mountain miao 4 , temple #pan 4 , comrade, com- panion chan 4 , temporary, temporarily ch'ieh 3 , moreover t'o 1 , put off, avoid chi 2 , utmost, extreme wang 4 , to hope, to- wards,look towards A ssii 1 , tear chen 1 , needle hsien 4 , thread ting 4 , a patch chieh 1 , tie, form ; chieh 2 , finish hsien 3 , apparent, con- spicuous chao 4 , to reflect, ac- cording to chilr, lay hold on t'ien 1 , to add yin 4 , a seal, to print THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 47 fli ■=•■ tu*, stomach shang 1 , injury, wound Mt'ai 2 , terrace, stage, platform tui 4 , regiment, com- pany <55BrC ying 2 , camp, barracks, •■—•*' battalion ch'iao 2 , bridge '•iltT tu 4 , ford, ferry lii', donkey. lo*, camel t'o 2 , camel, to carry a load (on a beast) to 4 , a beast's load to 4 , helm, rudder p'eng 2 , a sail ch'ui 2 , hammer, mal- let chui 1 , awl, gimlet fu 3 , axe chii 4 , a saw, to saw ts'o 4 , a file, to file mien*, flour hsieh 2 , shoes 48 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE tt an 1 , saddle ch'e 3 , drag, pull l3b£cT| lung 2 , halter, bridle, Ttjp head-stall tt shuan 1 , bind up, whip, tie up o 4 , hungry tfc yao 4 , key chen 3 , pillow an 4 , shore, bank ssii 1 , private, illicit -fcEl ^•r^l^ kun 4 , a stick — I Ia ching 3 , a well ch'uang 1 , window & t|£^V fen 3 , powder, pig- ment $c ch'iang 2 , wall ch'uang 2 , bed wang , prince ch'i 4 , utensils, in- struments ping 1 , soldier ping 1 , ice tung 4 , frost, freeze THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 49 — 1~ hsiieh 3 , snow wu 4 , mist, fog tsei 2 , robber, thief, rebel ch'i 2 , flag, banner, Manchu JL2 |»J I J chien 3 , scissors chiao 2 , to chew, a horse's bit chiao 1 , glue MJLM fc chan 1 , to paste, stick ^ r —*> Ian 2 , blue & chih 1 , branch of a tree m chuan 1 , brick niu 3 , a button ji> fan 3 , carpet ^> p'eng 2 , awning, tent, shed yun 2 , clouds ' \^P ts'ai 3 , variegated, JlVjt bright colours shSng*, sacred, holy fan 4 , transgress, of- fend, criminal mien 2 , cotton, raw cotton ttu t'ung 2 , brass, copper 50 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE ch'ien 1 , lead hsiang 3 , sound, noise, m reverberation chiian 3 , to roll up, a roll teng 4 , bench, stool so 3 , lock, to lock lien 4 , chain, smelt t'i 4 , drawer t'i 1 , ladder hsiu 4 , sleeves wai 1 , crooked tso 3 , left hand yu 4 , right hand kuo 1 , cooking-pot, saucepan hsien 2 , string of an - -^ -— instrument, main- /■• ^k spring of a watch ts'ao 1 , drill ch'ang 3 , enclosure, arena, exercise or drill ground mo 4 , last, the last if shang 3 , bestow, re- ward, gaze on kan 1 , pole, flagstaff, railings lu 2 , stove, fireplace, grate THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 51 to M chiin 1 , army, military In 4 , dry land pu 4 , a Board, central government office, public court, class wu 4 , business, affairs, must ya 1 , to press, sign, pledge, pawn shui 4 , taxes, duty tz'ir, porcelain, crock- ery ch'i 1 , varnish, lacquer lou 4 , to leak hui 1 , lime, ashes ± n m t'u 3 , earth, dust hung 3 , to deceive, amuse, humbug chiang 4 , paste, starch chiao 3 , corner, angle; chiieh 2 , horn chieh 1 , to meet, re- ceive chieh 4 , prohibit,warn, give up chih 2 , nephew, bro- ther's child ya 1 , duck sha 1 , sand sha 1 , kill 52 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE chi 1 , machine t'ung 3 , tube, pipe || J— \ eh'ang 4 , sing I 1 1 1 ch'ii 3 , song iang 2 , goodjN hsi 4 , concern, conse- w quences ffi m ^c yu 2 , by, through, let, depend om shu 1 , a comb, to comb yung 3 , everlasting p'ing 2 , proof dnfc cheng 4 , witness, to bear witness kung 1 , to depose, con- fess an 1 , peace, qniet mi 4 , close together, thick, secret eh'a 2 , examine, in- quire into, look for k'ao 3 , examine i 2 , advantage, benefit i 4 , public spirit, loy- alty, patriotism, high-mindedness jan 3 , to dye, infect, catch shou 2 , ripe; 1 'shu 2 , skilled in, intimate THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 53 ts'an 1 , to counsel £Zf| fu 4 , to assist, supple- '1 menting, a set m I M la 4 , wax chuan 3 , turn round, revolve lien 4 , drill, practise t'ao 3 , demand, pro- voke yen 4 , disgust, hate fan 4 , charcoal — ^ iK^ t c an*, chat, converse Otj o 4 , wickedness; wu 1 , Tl ~+ to hate m chiu 4 , to rescue ch'ing 1 , pure, limpid tsang 4 , to inter (of a corpse) 5^P "■ mai 2 , to bury Hfi lei 4 , tears k'u 1 , to cry, weep min 2 , the people, sub- jects pi", nose yiian 2 , round pien s , flat 54 THE CHINESE LANGUAGE pien 1 , whip ZlM* {°f] to float * ID *£ fir mi 3 , uncooked rice mai 4 , wheat chu 1 , pig mao 1 , cat ch'ou 2 , woven silk tuan 4 , satin tui 1 , a heap, to heap ch'iin 2 , a flock, crowd 1 />1 en 1 , favour, grace, ^■V^ bounty ft tien 4 , fill up, cushion ju 4 , mattress ■ M | A kung 1 , reverent, re- yJ|V spectful Jh t=t chin 4 , prohibit, for- bid ehitr 5 , stop, desist yen", words an 4 , a case in law hsing 1 , a star huang 2 , yellow THE CHINESE LANGUAGE 55 # ts'un 2 , retain, pre- serve ts'o 1 , to rub between the hands M Jit ® tso 4 , a seat ch'ao 2 , the court t'ing 2 , a hall, vilion ch'in 1 , imperial chung 4 , all tz'ii 3 , this pi 3 , that ko 2 , bound, boundary, rule yao 1 , the waist, loins to 3 , withdraw, avoid JR £ i« doubt fu 2 , submit, agree heng 2 , horizontal shu 4 , perpendicular hu 2 , a lake tao 3 , an island ^ huo 4 , doubt, bewil- i»i dered m 4liA nnng 4 , to make, pre- pare SOME BOOKS ON JAPAN ON SALE IN OLR ORIENTAL DEPARTMENT. 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