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.

相亲

xiāng qīn

‘相亲’ literally means ‘mutual intimacy’ or ‘

相见

xiāng jiàn

相见 (xiāng jiàn) is a verb meaning 'to meet eac

平价

píng jià

平价 literally means 'flat price' — 平 (píng) co

尤其

yóu qí

尤其 is an adverb meaning 'especially' or 'particu

应付

yìng fu

应付 (yìng fù) is a verb meaning 'to cope with'

回应

huí yìng

回应 means 'to respond' or 'to reply', and is comm

一把

yī bǎ

‘一把’ (yī bǎ) is a quantifier phrase meaning

事业

shì yè

Shìyè literally combines shì (‘matter’ or ‘a

职业

zhí yè

职业 (zhí yè) means 'occupation' or 'profession'

学业

xué yè

学业 (xué yè) literally combines 学 (xué), mean

恰当

qià dàng

‘恰当’ is an adjective meaning 'appropriate' or

加快

jiā kuài

加快 means 'to speed up' or 'to accelerate' — it

加入

jiā rù

'加入' (jiā rù) is a compound verb meaning 'to j

实力

shí lì

实力 (shí lì) literally combines 实 (shí), mean

实际

shí jì

‘实际’ (shí jì) is an adjective meaning ‘actu

实现

shí xiàn

‘实现’ (shí xiàn) is a verb meaning 'to realiz

事实

shì shí

事实 (shìshí) means 'fact' — something that is

管理

guǎn lǐ

管理 (guǎn lǐ) is a compound verb meaning 'to ma

整理

zhěng lǐ

整理 (zhěng lǐ) is a verb meaning 'to organize'

理发

lǐ fà

理发 (lǐ fà) literally means 'to manage hair' —

理由

lǐ yóu

理由 (lǐ yóu) means 'reason' — the cause, expla

自动

zìdòng

自动 (zìdòng) is an adjective meaning 'automatic

自学

zìxué

‘自学’ literally means ‘self-study’ — combini

自己

zìjǐ

自己 (zìjǐ) is a reflexive pronoun meaning 'ones

变化

biàn huà

变化 (biàn huà) is a noun meaning 'change' or 't

如约

rú yuē

如约 literally means 'as (rú) the agreement (yuē

努力

nǔ lì

努力 (nǔ lì) literally combines 努 (to exert one

办法

bàn fǎ

‘办法’ (bàn fǎ) is a common noun meaning ‘met

实行

shíxíng

‘实行’ (shíxíng) is a verb meaning 'to impleme

不行

bùxíng

‘不行’ (bùxíng) literally combines ‘not’ (不

行动

xíngdòng

行动 (xíngdòng) is a versatile word meaning 'act

定金

dìng jīn

定金 (dìng jīn) literally combines 定 (dìng), m

决定

jué dìng

决定 (jué dìng) is a verb meaning 'to decide' or

方法

fāng fǎ

方法 (fāng fǎ) means 'method' or 'way of doing s

因而

yīn ér

‘因而’ is a formal conjunction meaning ‘therefo

从而

cóng ér

从而 is a conjunction meaning 'thus', 'thereby', o

而且

ér qiě

而且 (ér qiě) is a coordinating conjunction mean

种种

zhǒng zhǒng

'Zhǒng zhǒng' is a reduplicated adjective meanin

主办

zhǔ bàn

主办 means 'to host' or 'to organize', especially

主义

zhǔ yì

‘主义’ (zhǔ yì) is a noun suffix meaning ‘-is