Can you write downChinese characters(汉字) that are read to you? It can be (difficult), especially when the Chinese characters are not included in most dictionaries.
Lu Jialei, a student from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, (win) the Chinese Characterdictation(听写)Competition on Oct. 18, 2013.
During the competition, the host read Chinese characters to the student, (explain) their meanings and gave example sentences. The student was required to write down the Chinese characters.
Winning the competition was a(n) (surprise) to Lu. "I am not the smartest one," she said. "But I pay attention todetails(细节)."
To prepare the competition, Lu and her teammates studied theModern Chinesefor 10days. She had a secretwepon(武器).She studied how Chinese characters were formed.
In the final round of the competiton, the host readwanluanto Lu and said it (mean)graceful（优雅的）. "I had never heard that before!" said Lu. But she made a good guess. "Chinese characters meaning graceful often have '女' in (they), while many Chinese characters pronouncingluanhave '亦'. So I wrote it down: '婉娈' ."
Lu has good reading habits. "When others pay attention to the main idea of a(n) (story), she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to express himself or herself," said Su Yunsheng, Lu's Chinese teacher.
Su is happy see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language. "Learning to write Chinese characters is an important part ofinheriting(继承)culture," said Su.
