How to Learn Traditional Chinese Characters: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Character	Pinyin	Meaning
開水	kāishuǐ	boiling/ boiled water
開車	kāichē	to drive a car
間	jiān	Container measure word for houses or other buildings.
關	guān	to close; to turn off
關上	guānshàng	to close, to shut; to turn off
阿姨	āyí	one's mother's sister, auntie
附近	fùjìn	nearby
離	lí	be away from, apart from, separated from
離開	líkāi	to leave
難	nán	to be difficult
難過	nánguò	to be sad, to be distressed
零	líng	zero
電	diàn	electricity
電影	diànyǐng	movie
電影院	diànyǐngyuàn	cinema, movie(house)
電燈	diàndēng	electric lamp / light
電腦	diànnǎo	computer
電視(機)	diànshì (jī)	television set
電話	diànhuà	telephone, call
非常	fēicháng	very, extremely
韓國	hánguó	the Republic of Korea
風	fēng	wind
風景	fēngjǐng	scenery, view landscape
飛	fēi	to fly
飛機	fēijī	airplane

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