Western Mandarin/Words with Characters/2

by Adam Grainger

The 2nd radical. (丨)

2

丫 ia¹.

丫頭

a slave girl; lit. forked head, referring to the hair.

丫口

a mountain pass.

3

中 chong¹.

在棹子中間

in the centre of the table.

中人

a middle-man.

在你我中間當個保人

he will act as middle-man between you and me.

在衆人當中

among the people

在心中

in the heart.

中等貨物

medium quality of goods.

一個中錠

a small ingot of silver, about 5 oz.

中飯

the noonday meal; dinner.

不中用

not fit for use.

中 read chong⁴.

射中了

he hit the mark.

中舉

to obtain "kü-ren" degree.

看中了意

it struck my fancy.

6

串 chʻuan⁴.

錢串子

a cash string.

一串錢

a string of cash.

拴了一串串

prisoners tied together in a line or file.

話是串通了的

they are all in the secret.