Chinese word learning flash card – K1 幼兒中文字詞 學習咭 – K1 ( with Cantonese audio ) Part II

田   tin4

Field

男 naam4

Male

女 neui5

Female

天 tin1

Sky

天refers to the head, the primary part of a person, by placing a bar over the character ‘大’ (person, big). The meaning later developed and became the sky

米   mai5

Rice

齒  chi2

Teeth

We say this two words together : 牙齒 nga4 chi2 seldom only say chi2.

魚  yu4/yu2

Fish

刀 dou1

Knife

牛 ngau4

Cow

耳   yi5

Ear

目 muk6

Eye

目is a radicals by which characters are

arranged in traditional Chinese dictionaries.

We say ngaan5 (眼) as eyes.

羊   yeung4

Goat

傘 saan3

Umbrella

In Cantonese , we seldom say saan3 (傘) , we say je1 (遮) for the umbrella.

足   juk1

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