Analysis of Major Characters and Words (第四课)

Analysis of Major Characters and Words (第五课)

6. 统计学统 (the altered “thread” radical 系 -> “to unite (threads), put together” +

计 (the “speech” radical 言 + “ten” 十 -> “count from 1 to 10” -> to count,

to calculate) + 学 -> “studies in calculation” -> “statistics”

9. 准备准 (“watermark; level; criteria, standard” as in 标准) + 备 (“to equip” as in

设备) -> “to equip oneself to meet a certain standard” -> “prepare (for)”

13. 反复反 (the altered “hand” 又 semi-enclosed -> “turn over one’s hand” -> “flip,

reverse”) + 复 (like the English prefix “re-” -> “again, once more”) ->

“again and again; repeatedly”

18. 指导教授指 (the “hand” radical -> “finger” -> “point out [directions] using a

finger”) + 导 (“lead, guide”) -> “guide; advise”

教 (“teach, instruct”) + 授 (手 “hand” + 受 “receive” -> “one hands

out and the other receives”) -> “confer; teach” -> “professor; advisor”

23. 肯定肯 (“approve, agree to”) + 定 (“definite, sure” as in 决定) -> “definitely”

24. 至于至 (classical Chinese, = 到 “arrive, get to”+ 于 (classical Chinese, = 在

“in, at”) -> “when it comes to…; as for; as to”

25. 毕业毕 (比 the phonetic + 十 “ten” -> “complete; perfect”) + 业 (“job, work;

career”) -> “fulfill or complete one’s academic work” -> “to graduate”

43. 打交道交 (pictograph: with one’s legs crossed -> “crossed”) + 道 (= 路 “road;

path”) -> “path crossed”-> “to deal with” ■ 医生跟病人打交道。

49. 申请申 (“express; make known”) + 请 (the altered “speech” 言radical ->

“request; ask, beg”) -> “apply for; make an official request”

55. 考虑考 (“to examine” as in 考试) + 虑 (turn over in one’s “mind” 心) –>

“consider; reflect; think over”

56. 实习实 (“practical; actual” as in 其实) + 习 (short for 练习 “practice”) -> “to

intern; internship”)

57. 经验经 (the “thread” radical系 -> “warp (of a fabric)” -> “pass through”) + 验

(to examine a “horse” 马 -> “to check; to try; to test”) -> “experience”

58. 履历履 (classical Chinese, = 鞋 “shoes”) + 历 (= 经, “pass through” -> “what

the shoes have traversed; footprints”) -> “curriculum vitae; resume”