Lesson 2

Question 1

齊

Answer 1

Qí -
name of a state in what is now Shāndōng Province

Question 2

景

Answer 2

jǐng — to be bright

Question 3

公

Answer 3

gōng — duke (highest hereditary title below the king)

Question 4

問

Answer 4

wèn — to ask someone (indirect object) about something (direct object)

Question 5

政

Answer 5

zhèng — government; governing

Question 6

於

Answer 6

yú — from

Question 7

孔

Answer 7

Kǒng — family name of 孔子 (Kǒngzǐ

Question 8

對

Answer 8

duì — respondingly in response

Question 9

君

Answer 9

jūn — ruler lord; to be a ruler

Question 10

臣

Answer 10

chén — minister; to be a minister to act as a minister (should)

Question 11

父 fù — father; to be a father

Answer 11

fù — father; to be a father

Question 12

子

Answer 12

zǐ — Master (honorific title after family name); son; to be a son

Question 13

不

Answer 13

bù — not (negates verbs or phrases); tone changes to bú before 4th tone word