Pinyin and English Translation: 仓颉 (Cāng Jié) - Cang Jie 造字 (zào zì) - created characters 牛 (niú) - ox 马 (mǎ) - horse 鸟 (niǎo) - bird 鱼 (yú) - fish 名 (míng) - name 子 (zǐ) - son 妈 (mā) - mother 儿 (ér) - child/son 女 (nǚ) - daughter 分 (fēn) - divide 把 (bǎ) - hold 又 (yòu) - again 合 (hé) - combine Example Sentence (Pinyin and English): 仓颉在古代传说中,创造了象形文字,他分别为牛、马、鸟和鱼造了字,也为人们的名、子、妈、儿和女创造了符号。他把这些字分开,又合在一起,使人们能够表达复杂的意思。 Pinyin: Cāng Jié zài gǔdài chuánshuō zhōng, chuàngzàole xiàngxíng wénzì, tā fēnbié wèi niú, mǎ, niǎo hé yú zàole zì, yě wèi rénmen de míng, zǐ, mā, ér hé nǚ chuàngzàole fúhào. Tā bǎ zhèxiē zì fēnkāi, yòu hé zài yīqǐ, shǐ rénmen nénggòu biǎodá fùzá de yìsi. Translation: In ancient legend, Cang Jie created pictographic characters. He separately created characters for ox, horse, bird, and fish, and also symbols for people's names, sons, mothers, children, and daughters. He divided these characters and then combined them, enabling people to express complex meanings. Vocabulary Breakdown: 仓颉 (Cāng Jié) - Cang Jie, a legendary figure credited with inventing Chinese characters 仓 (cāng) - granary, warehouse 颉 (jié) - a surname, also used in this context as part of Cang Jie’s name 在 (zài) - at, in, on (indicating location) 古代 (gǔdài) - ancient times 古 (gǔ) - ancient 代 (dài) - generation, era 传说 (chuánshuō) - legend, tale 传 (chuán) - to pass on, to spread 说 (shuō) - to say, to speak 中 (zhōng) - in, within 创造 (chuàngzào) - to create 创 (chuàng) - to initiate, to create 造 (zào) - to make, to create 象形文字 (xiàngxíng wénzì) - pictographic characters 象 (xiàng) - shape, form 形 (xíng) - form, shape 文 (wén) - writing, script 字 (zì) - character, word 他 (tā) - he 分别 (fēnbié) - separately, respectively 分 (fēn) - to divide 别 (bié) - difference, separately 为 (wèi) - for 牛 (niú) - ox, cow 马 (mǎ) - horse 鸟 (niǎo) - bird 和 (hé) - and 鱼 (yú) - fish 造 (zào) - to make, to create 了 (le) - (particle indicating completion of an action) 字 (zì) - character, word 也 (yě) - also 为 (wèi) - for (used again, same meaning as above) 人们 (rénmen) - people 人 (rén) - person 们 (men) - plural marker for people 名 (míng) - name 子 (zǐ) - son, child 妈 (mā) - mother 儿 (ér) - son, child 女 (nǚ) - daughter, female 符号 (fúhào) - symbol 符 (fú) - symbol, mark 号 (hào) - number, sign 把 (bǎ) - to take, to hold (also a structural particle used to shift the object before the verb) 这些 (zhèxiē) - these 这 (zhè) - this 些 (xiē) - some, a few 分开 (fēnkāi) - to separate 分 (fēn) - to divide 开 (kāi) - to open, to split 又 (yòu) - again 合 (hé) - to combine 在一起 (zài yīqǐ) - together, in one place 在 (zài) - at, in 一起 (yīqǐ) - together 使 (shǐ) - to make, to cause 能够 (nénggòu) - can, be able to 能 (néng) - can, ability 够 (gòu) - enough 表达 (biǎodá) - to express 表 (biǎo) - to show, to express 达 (dá) - to reach, to achieve 复杂 (fùzá) - complex 复 (fù) - complex, multiple 杂 (zá) - mixed, miscellaneous 意思 (yìsi) - meaning 意 (yì) - idea, meaning 思 (sī) - thought, think