小时 means 'hour' — a unit of time equal to 60 mi

‘He shan zhi shi’ (literally ‘stones from anoth

‘他日’ literally combines ‘he/other’ (他) and

‘他乡’ literally means ‘other’s hometown’ —

其他 (qí tā) means 'other' or 'else' and functio

他人 means 'others' or 'other people' and function

我国 literally means 'I country' — combining 我 (

自我 (zì wǒ) literally means 'self'—combining

强国 literally means 'strong country' — combining

‘国庆’ literally means ‘nation celebration’ —

国籍 (guó jí) literally combines 国 (guó), mean

‘外国’ literally means ‘outside country’ — co

‘Zǔguó’ (祖国) literally combines ‘zǔ’ (祖)

‘国家’ (guó jiā) literally combines ‘国’ (gu

个体 literally combines 个 (gè), a general classi

'个性' (gè xìng) literally combines '个' (gè),

个人 (gè rén) literally combines 个 (gè), a com

上午 literally means 'upper (shàng) noon (wǔ)' a

‘大小’ (dà xiǎo) literally combines ‘big’ (

大海 (dà hǎi) literally means 'big sea' and refe

‘大学’ (dà xué) literally means ‘great learni

中文 (Zhōngwén) literally means 'middle kingdom

'Zhōngwǔ' literally means 'middle of wǔ' — ref

中心 (zhōngxīn) literally combines 中 (zhōng),

'Zhōngxué' literally combines 'zhōng' (middle)

‘Zhōngguó’ literally means ‘Middle Kingdom’

'这次' (zhè cì) literally combines '这' (zhè),

‘这点’ (zhè diǎn) literally combines ‘这’ (z

这边 (zhè biān) literally combines 这 (zhè, 'th

人们 is a plural noun meaning 'people' — specific

老人 literally combines 老 (lǎo, 'old') and 人 (r

‘中国人’ literally means ‘person of China’ and

'Péng you' (朋友) means 'friend' — a person with

工人 (gōng rén) literally combines 工 (gōng), m

大人 (dà rén) literally combines 大 (dà, 'big'

‘和风’ literally combines 和 (hé, meaning 'harm

‘Hé qì’ literally combines ‘hé’ (harmony, p

‘和谐’ (hé xié) literally combines ‘和’ (hé

'Hé píng' literally combines two characters: 和

‘一天’ literally combines the numeral ‘一’ (y