Classical Chinese/Exercise 1: Vocabulary

1 Which of the following characters means "you"?

	台
	我
	吾
	為

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

	台
	我
	吾
	為

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

	小
	害
	天
	大

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

	道
	興
	國
	我

5 Which of the following characters means "old"?

	鳥
	舊
	神
	遠

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

	玉
	是
	興
	水

7 Which of the following characters means "water"?

	火
	水
	言
	我

8 Which of the following characters means "fire"?

	火
	山
	吾
	君

9 Which of the following characters means "wood"?

	日
	我
	臣
	木

10 Which of the following characters means "metal"?

	遠
	曰
	金
	土

11 Which character fits the best?
王＿國

	不
	治
	部
	臣

12 Which character fits the best?
士不＿君

	言
	日
	法
	字

13 Which character fits the best?
善＿害

	近
	是
	遠
	法

14 What is the opposite of 臣?

	遠
	我
	士
	君

15 Which is the opposite of 大?

	曰
	小
	道
	時

16 Which is the opposite of 害?

	山
	為
	道
	善

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

	國
	法
	君
	日

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

	金
	木
	為
	水

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

	土
	興
	言
	大

23 安 is to 法 as 國 is to ＿.

	玉
	王
	士
	子

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

	經
	士
	法
	神

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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