‘Liù hé’ literally means ‘the six directions

六十 (liù shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'sixty

‘六月’ literally means ‘six month’ and is the

‘八成’ literally means ‘eight parts out of ten

‘Bā guà’ (Eight Trigrams) refers to a foundati

‘八方’ literally means ‘eight directions’—the

‘八点’ literally combines the numeral ‘八’ (b

‘Bā yuè’ means ‘August’, the eighth month of

八个 (bā gè) means 'eight' followed by the gener

'Xiǎo ér' literally combines 'xiǎo' (small) and

儿童 (ér tóng) is a formal, written-term noun me

婴儿 (yīng ér) means 'infant'—a very young chil

‘儿女’ literally combines 儿 (ér, 'son') and 女

‘女儿’ (nǚ ér) means ‘daughter’ — a female

‘先辈’ (xiān bèi) literally combines 先 (xiān

率先 means 'to take the lead' or 'to be the first

先后 (xiān hòu) literally combines 先 (‘first’

先前 is an adverb meaning 'previously' or 'earlier

先进 (xiān jìn) literally means 'first to advanc

先生 (xiān sheng) literally combines 先 (xiān),

'做游戏' literally means 'to do/make a game', but

'做决定' literally combines '做' (to do/make), '决

'做朋友' literally combines '做' (to do/make) and

'做作业' literally combines 做 (zuò, 'to do/make'

做事 (zuò shì) literally means 'to do things' an

'做饭' literally combines '做' (zuò), meaning 'to

'Hòu zhěn' literally combines 'hòu' (to wait, t

The word 问候 (wèn hòu) literally combines 问 (w