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.

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

主意

zhǔ yi

'主意' (zhǔyi) literally combines '主' (zhǔ), me

成品

chéng pǐn

'成品' (chéng pǐn) literally combines '成' (ché

善于

shàn yú

善于 is an adverb meaning 'good at' or 'skilled in

努力地

nǔ lì de

努力地 is an adverb meaning 'hard' or 'diligently'

悄悄地

qiāo qiāo de

悄悄地 (qiāo qiāo de) is an adverb meaning 'quie

飞快地

fēi kuài de

飞快地 is an adverb meaning 'extremely quickly' or

轻轻地

qīng qīng de

'Qīng qīng de' is an adverb meaning 'gently' or

认真地

rèn zhēn de

‘认真地’ is an adverb meaning ‘carefully’ or

慢慢地

màn màn de

慢慢地 is an adverb meaning 'slowly' or 'gradually

实用

shí yòng

实用 (shí yòng) is an adjective meaning 'practic

用处

yòng chù

Yòngchù is a noun meaning 'use' or 'usefulness'

用途

yòng tú

用途 is a noun meaning 'purpose' or 'use' — speci

习题

xí tí

‘习题’ (xí tí) literally combines ‘习’ (xí)