Hello everyone! I thought this game would be a good way to have fun with Chinese characters.

Rules:
* One entry per person per day
* Enter one Chinese character only (avoid pinyin, unless necessary)

The association of your character with the previous character must be clearly understood. If it is obscure or stretched, you can show how smart you are by giving a brief explanation.

Character association is typically made from Meaning or from Sound (homophone). A fantastic Chinese dictionary to assist can be found right here!>> [www.chinese-tools.com] Have fun!

Remember to increase the character size of your entry to extra-small/small to make viewing easier. I will start with...

永

泳

Forever 泳 in the water 氵, better be abble to swimm 泳...

池

游泳池, swimming pool.

舞

舞池..the dance "pool"

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/2007 05:38AM by ez.

跳

- 跳舞 (tiào wǔ) to dance
- 跳 (tiào wǔ) to jump

心

心跳

小

小心

大

人

大人: adult

入

人 and 入 are very similar.

眼

入眼： pleasing to the eye

泪 : tears
lèi
leui6

泣

泣 (qì) to sob

悲 ： sad, sorrowful, grief
bēi
bei1

背 : bear or shoulder (a burden); carry on the back
bēi
bui3

负 : bear, shoulder ; owe ; suffer ; rely on
fù
fu6

肩

肩 (jiān) shoulder
I didn't know 负 had also the meaning "shoulder".

并 : side by side, equally ; parallel with
bìng
bing6
并肩 : bìng jiān : shoulder to shoulder

Hi Jay, 负 like 背负 (bēi fù).

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2007 02:19PM by ez.

排 : row, rank, line
pái
paai4
并排 (bìng pái) : side by side

牌 : tablet, plate ; brand, trademark ; cards ; tag, label
pái
paai4

名 : famous, renowned, distinguished ; name
míng
ming4
名牌 (míng pái) : well-known brand ; name tag

签 : sign one’s name
qiān
chim1
签名 (qiān míng) : to sign one’s name ; signature

笔 : pen, pencil, writing brush
bǐ
bat1

写 : write
xiě
se2

信 : letter, mail ; honest ; trust, believe
xìn
seon3

服 : clothes ; to serve ; to be convinced, obey ; be accustomed to ; take (medicine)
fú
fuk6
信服 (xìn fú) : to convince

务

服务 (fú wù) service

义 : justice, righteousness ; generosity, philanthropy ; meaning, significance ; human ties ; artificial ; adopted
yì
yi6
义务 (yì wù) : duty, obligation ; volunteer, voluntary

意

意义 meaning

议 : opinion, view ; to discuss, to talk over ; to comment
yì (议 homophone with 意)
yi6