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Radical · people and what they do

The person radical

A person standing sideways. Spot it and a human is involved.

74 characters carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

作 B1

工作gōngzuòto work 工作日gōngzuòrìworkday 作业zuòyèschool assignment 动作dòngzuòmovement

便 B1

便宜piányicheap 方便fāngbiànconvenient 方便面fāngbiànmiàninstant noodles 便于biànyúeasy to

件 B1

件jiànitem 邮件yóujiànmail 条件tiáojiàncondition 文件wénjiàndocument

住 B1

住zhùto live 住院zhùyuànto stay in hospital 入住rùzhùto check in (at a hotel etc)居住jūzhùto reside

们 B1

们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns refe 你们nǐmenyou (plural)他们tāmenthey 它们tāmenthey

做 B1

做zuòto make 做饭zuò fànto prepare a meal 做客zuòkèto be a guest or visitor 做法zuòfǎway of handling sth

候 B1

时候shíhoutime 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood 气候qìhòu(meteorology) climate 等候děnghòuto wait

他 B1

他tā(third-person singular) (since the early 2 他们tāmenthey 其他qítāother 他人tārénanother person

休 B1

休息xiūxirest 休假xiūjiàto go on vacation 退休tuìxiūto retire (from the workforce)休闲xiūxiánleisure

你 B1

你nǐyou (informal, as opposed to courteous 您)你好nǐ hǎohello 你们nǐmenyou (plural)

什 B1

什么shénmewhat?为什么wèi shénmewhy?

体 B2

身体shēntǐthe body 体育tǐyùsports 体育馆tǐyùguǎngym 体检tǐjiǎnabbr. for 体格检查

位 B2

位wèiposition 车位chēwèiparking spot 单位dānwèiunit (of measure)各位gèwèieverybody

但 B2

但dànbut 但是dànshìbut 不但búdànnot only (... but also ...)但愿dànyuànif only (sth were possible)