Classical Chinese/Exercise 1: Vocabulary

1 Which of the following characters means "you"?

2 Which of the following characters mean "I/me" in all cases?

3 Which of the following characters means "large/big"?

4 Which of the following characters means “country" or "state"?

5 Which of the following characters means "old"?

6 Which of the following characters means "flourish" or "prosper"?

7 Which of the following characters means "water"?

8 Which of the following characters means "fire"?

9 Which of the following characters means "wood"?

10 Which of the following characters means "metal"?

11 Which character fits the best?
王_國

12 Which character fits the best?
士不_君

13 Which character fits the best?
善_害

14 What is the opposite of 臣?

15 Which is the opposite of 大?

16 Which is the opposite of 害?

17 What does 神 mean?

spirit, god
magic
path, way
become

18 What does 道 mean?

to speak
path, way
law
to rule

19 What does 字 mean?

house
character
day
sir, gentleman

20 Which character does not belong?
國,法,君, 日

21 Which character does not belong?
金,木, 為, 水

22 水 is the opposite of 火, and _ is the opposite of 天.

23 安 is to 法 as 國 is to _.

24 Which of the following characters means "Chinese classic" or "sacred book"?

25 Complete the sentence:
子_水使_木而_

知, 舊, 火
言, 天, 金
曰, 興, 火
曰, 大, 火


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