This document provides Chinese vocabulary words and their meanings for common greetings and terms. It includes characters for "big", "doctor", "home", "early", "on top", "good", and "to be fond of" along with pronunciation and stroke order images licensed under Creative Commons. Examples of usage are also provided such as "Good morning!" and "to climb".

1. Lesson 3: Greeting (I)
大 dà
• big
• huge
• large
• major
• great
• wide
• deep
• oldest
• eldest
dài
• doctor
家 Jiā
• surname Jia
jiā
• home
• family
• classifier for families or businesses
• refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
• noun suffix for specialists in some activity such as musician or revolutionary,
corresponds to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
• CL:個|个[ge4]
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2. Lesson 3: Greeting (I)
早 zǎo
• early
• morning
• Good morning!
上 shǎng
• see 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng
• on top
• upon
• above
• upper
• previous
• first (of multiple parts)
• to climb
• to get onto
• to go up
• to attend (class or university)
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3. Lesson 3: Greeting (I)
好 hǎo
• good
• well
• proper
• good to
• easy to
• very
• so
• (suffix indicating completion or readiness)
hào
• to be fond of
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