By Ling-Ling Lisa Shih
From Ling-LingChinese.com
“有时落在山腰,
有时挂在树梢。
有时像个圆盘,
有时像把镰刀。
With Pinyin:
yǒu shí luò zài shān yāo
“ 有 时 落 在 山 腰 ,
yǒu shí guà zài shù shāo
有 时 挂 在 树 梢 。
yǒu shí xiàng gè yuán pán
有 时 像 个 圆 盘 ,
yǒu shí xiàng bǎ lián dāo
有时 像 把 镰刀 。
"Sometimes it falls on mountainside ,
Sometimes hanging in the trees .
Sometimes like a disc ,
Sometimes it is like a scythe (sickle) .
Vocabulary 生词 for the Chinese Riddle “又是落在山腰”
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition |
1 | 有时 | 有時 | yǒu shí | sometimes; now and then |
2 | 落 | luò | to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set | |
3 | 在 | zài | (located) at; (to be) in; to exist; in the middle of doing sth; (indicating an action in progress) | |
4 | 山腰 | shān yāo | halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain | |
5 | 挂 | 掛 | guà | to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); to hang |
6 | 树梢 | 樹梢 | shù shāo | the tip of a tree; treetop |
7 | 像 | xiàng | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as | |
8 | 个 | 個 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
9 | 圆盘 | 圓盤 | yuán pán | disk |
10 | 把 | bǎ | classifier for objects with handle | |
11 | 镰刀 | 鐮刀 | lián dāo | sickle; curved blade to cut grain |
Individual Character List
ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
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ID | Chinese | Trad. | Pinyin | English Definition | ||
1 | 谜 | 謎 | mèi | riddle; see 谜儿 , riddle | ||
2 | 语 | 語 | yǔ | dialect; language; speech; to tell to | ||
3 | 有 | 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be | ||
4 | 时 | 時 | shí | o’clock; time; when; hour; season; period | ||
5 | 落 | 落 | là | to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set | ||
6 | 在 | 在 | zài | |||
7 | 山 | 山 | shān | mountain; hill; Classifiers: 座 | ||
8 | 腰 | 腰 | yāo | waist; lower back; | ||
9 | 挂 | 掛 | guà | to hang | ||
10 | 树 | 樹 | shù | tree; Classifiers: 棵 ; to cultivate; to set up | ||
11 | 梢 | 梢 | shāo | tip of branch | ||
12 | 像 | 像 | xiàng | to resemble; to be like; to look as if | ||
13 | 个 | 個 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general; variant of 个 | ||
14 | 圆 | 圓 | yuán | circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (Yuan) | ||
15 | 盘 | 盤 | pán | plate; dish; tray; classifier for plate | ||
16 | 把 | 把 | bǎ | classifier for small objects such as knife | ||
17 | 镰 | 鐮 | lián | scythe; sickle | ||
18 | 刀 | 刀 | dāo | knife; blade; Classifiers: 把 |