BASIC CHARACTERS MT WEEK 2.2

Question 1

‘south’

Answer 1

南 nán

Question 2

general purpose pronoun, used only as object, normally third person: ‘him, her, them, it’

Answer 2

之 zhī

Question 3

‘its, his, her, their’ (equivalent to pronoun + connecting particle 之)

Answer 3

其 qí

Question 4

negative (for verbal sentences)

Answer 4

不 bù

Question 5

less common negative for verbal sentences (in the Classical period this is usually a contraction of 不 + object pronoun 之)

Answer 5

弗 fú

Question 6

interrogative (forms a question, similar to modern Chinese ma 嗎 /吗)

Answer 6

乎 hū

Question 7

name of a feudal state; subsequently, the Qin (Ch’in) dynasty (221–206 BC)

Answer 7

秦 Qín

Question 8

name of a feudal state in the South (centered on the middle Yangtse River region)

Answer 8

楚 Chǔ

Question 9

name of a mythical sage king, much admired by Confucians (尧)

Answer 9

堯 Yáo