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.

学生

xué shēng

学生 (xué shēng) literally combines 学 (xué), m

老师们

lǎo shī men

'老师们' is the plural form of '老师' (lǎo shī),

同学们

tóng xué men

‘同学们’ (tóng xué men) is a plural noun meani

你们

nǐ men

'Nǐ men' is the standard plural form of the secon

起来

qǐ lái

‘起来’ (qǐ lái) is a verb complement that prim

回来

huí lái

‘回来’ (huí lái) is a separable verb meaning

按时

àn shí

按时 literally means 'according to time' — 按 (à

他山之石

tā shān zhī shí

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

他人

tā rén

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

我俩

wǒ liǎ

‘我俩’ (wǒ liǎ) is an informal, spoken pronoun

我们

wǒ men

‘我们’ (wǒ men) is the standard first-person pl

各色各样

gè sè gè yàng

‘各色各样’ literally means ‘each color, each ki

个别

gè bié

‘个别’ (gèbié) is an adjective meaning ‘indiv

各个

gè gè

各个 means 'each' or 'respective' and functions as

个人

gè rén

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

上网

shàngwǎng

'Shàngwǎng' literally combines 'shàng' (to go u

上车

shàngchē

'Shàngchē' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

上班

shàngbān

'Shàngbān' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

上学

shàngxué

'Shàngxué' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

大家

dà jiā

大家 (dà jiā) literally combines 大 (dà, 'big')

中午

zhōngwǔ

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

这点

zhè diǎn

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

人们

rén men

人们 is a plural noun meaning 'people' — specific

朋友

péng you

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

工人

gōng rén

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

大人

dà rén

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

和面

huó miàn

'和面' (huó miàn) is a compound verb meaning 'to

有机会

yǒu jī huì

‘有机会’ literally combines three characters: 有

有钱

yǒu qián

'Yǒu qián' literally means 'to have money' and f

有空

yǒu kòng

'Yǒu kòng' literally combines 'yǒu' (to have) a

有用

yǒu yòng

'有用' (yǒu yòng) literally combines '有' (yǒu)

明白了

míng bai le

‘明白了’ (míng bai le) is a common verbal phras

走了

zǒu le

'Zǒu le' literally combines the verb 'zǒu' (to g

好了

hǎo le

'Hǎo le' is a versatile, commonly used phrase tha

不客气

bù kè qì

'Bù kè qì' is a polite, standard response to 'x

不用

bù yòng

‘不用’ (bù yòng) literally combines ‘not’ (

不要

bù yào

'不要' (bù yào) is a two-character verb phrase m

不对

bù duì

不对 (bù duì) literally combines 不 (bù), meani

在场

zài chǎng

'在场' literally means 'at the scene' or 'on the s

在下

zài xià

'Zài xià' is a classical, highly humble first-pe