Do You Understand the Meanings of These Characters?
Monday, March 10, 2025
In China, there are many interesting Chinese characters, often carrying rich meanings that can be expressed differently in various sentences. Have you encountered the meanings of these characters before?
打(dǎ)
To indicate striking:
打鼓（dǎ gǔ）
to beat a drum
To signify making a phone call:
打电话给朋友（dǎ diàn huà gěi péng you）
calling a friend
To indicate opening:
打开门（dǎ kāi mén）
to open a door
To represent engaging in an activity:
打篮球（dǎ lán qiú）
playing basketball
To denote producing or making:
打毛衣（dǎ máo yī）
knitting a sweater
花(huā)
To represent a plant:
花园里的花（huā yuán lǐ de huā）
flowers in the garden
To signify expenditure:
花钱（huā qián）
to spend money
To indicate a pattern or design:
衣服上的花纹（yī fu shàng de huā wén）
patterns on clothing
To signify blurred vision or dizziness:
眼花（yǎn huā）
dizzy eyes
头(tóu)
To represent a body part:
头疼（tóu téng）
headache
To indicate a starting point:
从头开始（cóng tóu kāi shǐ）
starting from scratch
To signify leadership:
他是我们的头儿（tā shì wǒ men de tóur）
he is our leader.
To be used as a measure word:
一头牛（yī tóu niú）
one head of cattle
行(xíng)
To indicate walking:
步行（bù xíng）
walking
To signify permission or feasibility:
这样做行不行?（zhè yàng zuò xíng bù xíng）
Is this method feasible?.
To represent a profession or industry:
他在银行工作。（tā zài yín háng gōng zuò）
He works at a bank.
To suggest a line or row:
排成一行（pāi chéng yī háng）
lined up in a row
发(fà)
To represent hair:
理发（lǐ fà）
getting a haircut
To indicate emitting:
发邮件(fā yóu jiàn)
send an email
To denote development or growth:
经济发展(jīng jì fā zhǎn)
economic development
To signify launching or firing:
发射火箭(fā shè huǒ jiàn)
launching a rocket
光(guāng)
To indicate light or radiance:
阳光(yáng guāng)
sunlight
To signify smoothness:
光溜溜的石头(guāng liū liū de shí tou)
smooth stone
To denote only or solely:
光说不做(guāng shuō bù zuò)
All talk and no action.
To mean complete or exhausted:
钱花光了(qián huā guāng le)
money spent
老(lǎo)
To represent old age:
老人(lǎo rén)
elderly person
To indicate antiquity or oldness ：
老房子(lǎo fáng zi)
old house
To denote frequent occurrence:
老迟到(lǎo chí dào)
habitually late
Used as a prefix:
老师(lǎo shī)
teacher
上(zhuō)
To indicate a position:
桌子上(zhuō zi shàng)
on the table
To signify upwards direction:
上楼(shàng lóu)
going upstairs
To signify adding or serving:
上菜(shàng cài)
serving dishes
To indicate the beginning of something:
上课(shàng kè)
start of a class
下(xià)
To indicate a position:
桌子下(zhuō zi xià)
under the table
To signify downward direction:
下楼(xià lóu)
going downstairs
To signify the end or conclusion:
下课(xià kè)
end of class
To denote reduction or decrease:
下火 (xià huǒ)
fire subsiding
开(kāi)
To indicate opening:
开门(kāi mén)
open the door
To represent the commencement of something:
开学(kāi xué)
start of school
To signify driving or operating:
开车(kāi chē)
driving a car
To denote hosting or conducting:
开会(kāi huì)
hold a meeting
白(bái)
To represent the color white:
白色的衣服(bái sè de yī fu)
white clothes
To signify blankness or emptiness:
白纸(bái zhǐ)
blank paper
To indicate in vain or futile:
白忙一场(bái máng yī chǎng)
futile busyness
To denote clarity or revelation:
真相大白(zhēn xiàng dà bái)
the truth revealed
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