This document contains 3 lists of Chinese characters that correspond to a 2nd grade Mandarin immersion curriculum. The first section lists 25 characters to be learned in the first semester, including characters for "year", "grade", "new", "child", "pen", and "to teach". The second section lists another 25 characters to be learned in the second semester, such as characters for "pull", "push", "slow", "stop", and parts of the house. The third section lists another 50 characters to be learned in the third semester, including characters for body parts, foods, stores, and other daily items.

1. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
⼆二年級常⽤用字表
第⼀一學期
characters
pinyin
English
meaning
1.年
nián
year
2.級
jí
grade
3.新
xīn
new
4.孩
hái
Kid/child
5.筆
bǐ
Pen/pencil/brush
6.問
wèn
Ask/question
7.教
Jiāo
/
jiào
To
teach;
teaching;classroom
8.書
shū
book
9.校
xiào
school
10. 寫
xiě
write
11. 以
yǐ
With/by/at/on
12. 後
hòu
After/later
13. 久
jiǔ
Long
time
14. 相
Xiāng
/
xiàng
Mutually;
photo
15. ⽗父
fù
Father

2. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
16. 母
mǔ
Mother
17. 爺
yé
Paternal
grandpa
18. 婆
pó
Maternal
grandma
19. 親
qīn
kin
20. 表
biǎo
Cousin/to
show
21. 活
huó
live/alive/activity
22. 什
shén
what
23. 麼
me
Modal
particle
24. 重
Zhòng
/
chóng
heavy/important/repeat
25. 放
fàng
put

3. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
第⼆二學期
characters
pinyin
English
meaning
26. 拉
lā
pull
27. 推
tuī
push
28. 慢
màn
Slow/slowly
29. 停
tíng
Pause/stop
30. 屋
wū
house
31. 桌
zhuō
table
32. 床
chuáng
bed
33. 椅
yǐ
chair
34. 常
cháng
often
35. 歌
gē
Song
36. 就
jiù
Only,
just
37. 低
dī
low
38. 對
duì
correct
39. 杯
bēi
cup
40. 帽
mào
Hat/cap
41. 裙
qún
Skirt/dress
42. 鞋
xié
shoe

4. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
43. 褲
kù
pant
44. 課
kè
Lesson/class
45. 怕
pà
Afaid/scared
46. ⾳音
yīn
Sound/noise
47. 信
xìn
letter
48. 件
jiàn
Measure
word
49. 加
jiā
To
add/addition
50. 顏
yán
color
51. ⾊色
sè
color
52. 紅
hóng
red
53. ⿈黃
huáng
yellow
54. 綠
lǜ
green
55. 藍
lán
blue
56. 紫
zǐ
purple
57. 橙
chéng
orange
58. 彩
cǎi
Multi-­‐colored
59. 形
xíng
Shape/form
60. ⼜又
yòu
And/also
61. 塊
kuài
Chunk/measure
word

5. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
62. 熱
rè
hot
63. 短
duǎn
short
64. 矮
ǎi
short
65. 洗
xǐ
To
wash
66. 第
dì
A
word
to
indicate
ordinal
number
67. 千
qiān
thousand
68. 近
jìn
Close;
near-­‐by
69. 安
ān
Peace/safety
70. ⾝身
shēn
body
71. 哭
kū
cry
72. 笑
xiào
laugh
73. 晚
wǎn
night
74. 忙
máng
busy
75. 蟲
chóng
Worm/insect

6. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
第三學期
characters
pinyin
English
meaning
76. 腳
jiǎo
legs
77. 肚
dù
belly
78. 眼
yǎn
eye
79. 睛
jīng
Eye/eyeball
80. 溫
wēn
warm
81. 暖
nuǎn
warm
82. 週
zhōu
Week/weekly
83. 雪
xuě
snow
84. 甜
tián
sweet
85.
苦
kǔ
bitter
86. 貴
guì
expensive
87. 客
kè
guest
88. 買
mǎi
To
buy
89. 菜
cài
Vegetable/food
90. 飯
fàn
Rice/food
91. 店
diàn
store
92. 市
shì
City/market

7. 2016-­‐17
Esther
Chau
2nd
Grade
Mandarin
Immersion
93. 油
yóu
oil
94. 味
wèi
Taste;flavor
95. 蛋
dàn
egg
96. 進
jìn
To
enter
97. 減
jiǎn
reduce
98. 內
nèi
Within/inside
99. 共
gòng
Altogether/in
all
100. 都
Dōu
/
dū
Both;
Capital/city