LEARN CHINESE: WRITING CHINESE

Phonetic Radical of Chinese Symbols (Lesson One)

Phonetic Radical Index

Please pay attention to the Pinyin Final (韵母) - 'a' this Chinese character '巴' carries, which connects it with the other example symbols.

pinyin: bā. It is a character to form different phrase to give different meanings

Chinese phrase: 尾巴 wěi bā - tail

Examples:

爸 pinyin: bà; meaning: dad, father

Chinese phrase: 爸爸 bā ba - Dad

爬 pinyin: pá; meaning: to crawl, climb

Chinese phrase: 爬山 pá shān - to climb the mountain

 

 

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