Browse "DailyRoutines" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

烧饼

shāo bǐng

Shāo bǐng (烧饼) is a traditional Chinese baked

烧菜

shāo cài

烧菜 literally means 'to burn (or heat) food' —

烧水

shāo shuǐ

烧水 literally means 'to burn water', but in moder

油灯

yóu dēng

油灯 (yóu dēng) literally means 'oil lamp' — a

电灯

diàn dēng

‘电灯’ literally means ‘electric lamp’ — comb

台灯

tái dēng

‘台灯’ literally means ‘platform lamp’ — ‘台

照办

zhàobàn

‘照办’ is a verb meaning ‘to carry out (as inst

照片

zhàopiàn

照片 (zhàopiàn) literally means 'light picture'

照顾

zhàogù

‘照顾’ (zhàogù) is a verb meaning 'to take car

搓澡

cuō zǎo

‘Cuō zǎo’ literally combines ‘cuō’ (to rub,

澡盆

zǎo pén

‘澡盆’ literally combines 澡 (zǎo), meaning ‘b

泡澡

pào zǎo

'泡澡' (pào zǎo) literally combines '泡' (pào),

淋浴

lín yù

‘淋浴’ (lín yù) literally combines ‘淋’ (to

清晨

qīngchén

清晨 literally combines 清 (qīng), meaning 'clear

干净

gān jìng

干净 (gān jìng) is an adjective meaning 'clean'

注解

zhù jiě

‘注解’ (zhù jiě) is a noun meaning ‘annotatio

注册

zhù cè

'注册' (zhù cè) is a verb meaning 'to register'

注意

zhù yì

'注意' (zhù yì) literally combines '注' (zhù),

需求

xū qiú

需求 (xū qiú) is a noun meaning 'demand' or 'nee

求学

qiú xué

求学 (qiú xué) literally means 'to seek learning

阶段

jiē duàn

阶段 (jiē duàn) literally combines 阶 (jiē), me

分段

fēn duàn

‘Fēn duàn’ literally means ‘to divide’ (fēn

段落

duàn luò

段落 (duàn luò) means 'paragraph' — a distinct

清楚

qīng chu

‘清楚’ (qīng chǔ) is an adjective meaning 'cle

查收

chá shōu

‘查收’ is a compound verb meaning ‘to acknowled

死板

sǐ bǎn

‘死板’ literally combines ‘dead’ (死) and ‘bo

模板

mú bǎn

模板 (mú bǎn) literally combines 模 (mú), meani

束发

shù fà

‘Shù fà’ literally means ‘to bind the hair’

粉笔末

fěn bǐ mò

粉笔末 (fěn bǐ mò) literally means 'chalk powde

铅笔末儿

qiān bǐ mòr

铅笔末儿 (qiān bǐ mòr) literally means 'the ver

末尾

mò wěi

末尾 (mò wěi) literally combines 末 (mò), meani

更正

gēng zhèng

更正 means 'to correct (an error)' and is a formal

更改

gēng gǎi

更改 (gēng gǎi) is a formal, written verb meanin

更新

gēng xīn

更新 (gēng xīn) literally combines 更 (gēng), m

春游

chūn yóu

‘Chūn yóu’ literally combines ‘chūn’ (sprin

不易

bù yì

"Bù yì" literally combines 不 (bù), meaning "no

易懂

yì dǒng

易懂 is an adjective meaning 'easy to understand'.

交易

jiāo yì

交易 (jiāo yì) means 'transaction' or 'deal' —

料理

liào lǐ

料理 (liào lǐ) is a versatile word with two prim

调料

tiáo liào

‘调料’ (tiáo liào) literally combines ‘调’ (