擴充孩子的詞彙：反義字組詞 Expand your child’s Chinese vocabulary
You might have learnt some distinct features of the Chinese language from our other blog posts, such as idioms, die-ci (reduplication), homographs, radicals, etc.
In this post, we discuss another feature: forming a new word by combining two antonyms.
Learning new characters is no doubt a great way to expand a child’s vocabulary. However, you can also introduce new words to your child based on characters they have already learnt, since Chinese words are but combinations of characters. Introducing new words this way helps them understand the relationship between the new word and the words they already knew. It can also stimulate their linguistic understanding and deepen their comprehension of not only the language, but also of the culture and the people’s mentality.
這次我們從思展方程式課程中挑選了10組反義詞，作為讓孩子認識這類組詞的入門。同時亦加上英文翻譯，為有需要的家長/教師作為參考。
Here, we have chosen twenty characters from the Sagebooks curriculum which form ten new words. This serves as an introduction to this method of forming words.
練習紙活動 Practice sheet activity
這十組詞語有免費練習紙活動供下載。備有家長參考的字表 (上圖，含繁、簡版)。
We have prepared summary sheets of these 10 words, in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese versions, for free download.
預製小字卡，可剪下來讓孩子靈活個別學習。
Pre-print word cards: simply cut them out and let your child play with them to become familiar with them.
亦有活動練習小詞卡，讓孩子字首、字尾練習組詞。將下面的材料每個字剪下來，做成小字卡，放在上圖詞卡的正確位置。
Activity word cards let your child practice the beginning or the end of each word. You could also cut out each character (below) and ask your child to put them at the correct position on the word cards.
當然你也可以用閱讀練習卡讓孩子練習各種組詞。
Likewise, you can also use the Study Cards to practice with your children.
更多例子 Further examples
上述的10組引伸出來的詞語，它們的意義其實都與其中的兩個字有着關連。當你向孩子慢慢解釋和討論，不難引發出他對語文興趣。
反斗歌圖書集中讓孩子練習同義詞和反義詞，孩子在閱讀中掌握了其中的奧妙，就不難進一步理解更多的詞語，例如：
- 坐立難安
- 哭笑不得
- 戲假情真
- 出生入死
- 天長地久
- 東成西就
- 先苦後甜
- …
這些都是在思展方程式課程範圍之內教授的字喔。
要是你或孩子對反義詞感興趣，歡迎參閱：中文反義詞 字卡遊戲 Chinese Antonym card game
The meanings of the above 10 words are related to each of the characters in the word. Please take the time to explain each of them to your child. It will spark their interest to learn more of the language, or languages on the whole.
Flip-Flop Fun is a set of books that focuses on the study of antonyms and synonyms. It helps your child to learn more words such as those listed in the above table.
All of those characters are taught in the Sagebooks curriculum.
For more reading activity on antonyms, please read：中文反義詞 字卡遊戲 Chinese Antonym card game
我們會經常為大家探討漢字和語文的課題。
要是你有特別的相關課題希望我們探討，歡迎您告訴我們。
We discuss Chinese language and culture related topics on a regular basis.
If you would like us to discuss certain topics about Chinese, please let us know.
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Sagebooks Hongkong promotes independent reading and life-long learning by nurturing the child’s confidence, autonomy and self-teaching abilities. Since 2006. Find out more About Us.
© 2020 Sagebooks Hongkong. All rights reserved.
Sagebooks Hongkong promotes independent reading and life-long learning by nurturing the child’s confidence, autonomy and self-teaching abilities. Since 2006. Find out more About Us.
© 2020 Sagebooks Hongkong. All rights reserved.