亻Mad Libs

伤

shāng

wound [n.]
亻 + 𠂉 + 力
persona + lying down + muscle

Your persona is lying down to rest her wounded muscle.

俗

sú

custom
亻 + 谷gǔ
persona + valley

Your persona as a "valley girl" with unique customs.

仍

réng

still [adv.]
亻 + 乃
persona + fist

your persona is still upset about something, pounding her fist

侠

xiá

chivalrous person
亻 + 夹jiā
persona + press from both sides

your persona becomes a super hero when pressed from both sides and prevailing (you fill in the blanks of the story)

使

shǐ

use [v.]
亻 + 一 + 史shǐ
persona + one + history

Your persona only uses one version of history.

侣

lǚ

associate [n.]
亻 + 吕lǚ
persona + spine

your persona's associate is a spine doctor

借

jiè

borrow
亻 + 昔
persona + times past

Is your persona someone you could count on in times past for borrowing/loaning?

估

gū

estimate [v.]
亻 + 古gǔ
persona + ancient

Your persona estimates the age of an ancient tombstone and impresses the visiting scholars.

仙

xiān

immortal [n.]
亻 + 山shān
persona + mountain

the immortals live in the mountains (like Olympus)

侵

qīn

invade
亻 + 4jìn
persona + Amelia Bedelia

Your persona and Amelia Bedelia invade the house party, brooms in hand.

A mysterious persona asks Amelia Bedelia to invade the royal party.

伊

yī

Queen Elizabeth
亻 + 尹yǐn
persona + overseer/mop

you persona plays Queen Elizabeth the overseer, wears a mop wig

亿

yì

one hundred million
亻 + 乙yǐ
persona + fishing

over-harvesting the oceans OR your persona wins the lottery and goes fishing

佛

fó

Buddha
亻 + 弗fú
persona + dollar sign

Your persona spends $ on a Buddha.

倍

bèi

times
亻 + 咅pòu
persona + comedian

How many times has your persona made you laugh?

俩

liǎ

duo
亻 + 两liǎng
persona + yoke

your persona yoked with her husband as a duo

优

yōu

excellent
亻 + 尤yóu
persona + Goofy

your persona awards excellence with a Goofy sticker

your persona achieve excellence as Goofy

仁

rén

benevolence
亻rén + 二
persona + two

your persona’s benevolence goes both ways (people give to her, she gives to others)

储

chǔ

put in storage
亻 + 诸zhū
persona + various

your persona puts various things in storage like a microphone and some Wild West hero novels

伟

wěi

great
亻 + 韦wéi
persona + tanned hide

your persona’s godson “David the Great” is a tanner

David becomes great when he tans Goliath's hide.

*David can be transliterated 大伟 or 大卫

伴

bàn

partner
亻 + 半bàn
persona + half

Your persona's other half is her partner.

侨

qiáo

live abroad
亻 + 乔qiáo
persona + pretend

Your persona pretends to live abroad, but really...

仗

zhàng

battle [n.]
亻 + 丈zhàng
persona + one’s elder

your persona battling with her elders

传

chuán

spread [v.]
亻 + 专zhuān
persona + specialty/corsage

You! Corsage person! Please spread the corsages around to the men wearing tuxes.

倒

dào

upside down
亻+ 到dào
persona + arrive

your persona arrives upside down

伸

shēn

extend
亻 + 申shēn
persona + beet

your persona extends you a beet OR expresses/extends an invitation to the beet festival

何

hé

whatwhichwhowherewhy?
亻 + 可kě
persona + can

Whatwhichwhhowherewhy? Your persona can!

俄

é

Russia
亻 + 我
persona + I/me

What is your persona's connection to Russia?

低

dī

low
亻 + 氐dī
persona + wax seal

your persona places the wax seal low on the folded letter

依

yī

depend on
亻 + 衣yī
persona + clothing

What does your persona depend on for her clothing?

俯

fǔ

bow one’s head
亻 + 府fǔ
persona + government office

your persona bows her head at the government office to get her paycheck/tax rebate

供

gōng

supply [n./v.]
亻 + 共gòng
persona + together

your persona supplies the ___ in her together forever relationship

价

jià

price
亻 + 介jiè
persona + introduce

your persona introduced you to a special price on something

值

zhí

value
亻 + 直zhí
persona + straight

Your persona examines the straightness of the ruler to determine its value.

伪

wěi

bogus
亻 + 为wèi
persona + act

your persona sees through the bogus act

佩

pèi

wear at the waist
亻 + 几 + 一 + 巾
persona + wind + one + towel

Picture your persona only wearing towel around his/her waist. The wind is going to be a problem.

偷

tōu

steal
亻 + 俞
persona + slaughterhouse

Your persona steals from the slaughterhouse.

仅

jǐn

merely
亻 + 又
persona + right hand

Your persona merely has to raise her right hand and everyone knows it will get done.

例

lì

example
亻 + 列liè
persona + line up

Your persona makes an example of herself by facing the zombies that have lined up with swords.

傲

ào

haughty
亻 + 敖áo
persona + playboy

Picture your persona as or with a haughty playboy who cares for no one but himself.

儒

rú

Confucian
亻 + 需xū
persona + need

your persona needs a Confucian lesson in obeisance

伏

fú

bend over
亻 + 犬
persona + small dog

your persona bends over to pet the Pekingese

任

rèn

appoint
亻 + 壬rén
persona + knight

Your persona appoints/is appointed a knight.

仰

yǎng

look up to
亻 + 卬áng
persona + collection of originals

You look up to your persona, so you would collect whatever she does.

似

sì

similar
亻 + 以
persona + by means of

you use similar means to persona in what way?

健

jiàn

healthy
亻 + 建jiàn
persona + build

persona builds habits to stay healthy

偶

oǔ

by chance
亻 + 禺yú
persona + beekeeper

by chance your persona meets a beekeeper “oh!”

仔

zǐ

meticulous
亻 + 子zǐ
persona + child

your persona has a child named Meticulous

倠

suī

*birdman
亻 + 隹zhuī
persona + special bird

Is your persona a birdman? Or dresses as one for Thanksgiving?

傅

fù

mentor
亻 + 尃fū
persona + thumb prick

Mr. Fu has been my mentor at the lab, teaching me how to efficiently administer the thumb pricks before patients have time to think about it.

伦

lún

human relationships
亻 + 仑lún
persona + lifeguard

your persona wants the lifeguard job, not for the tan, but the human relationships

亻

rén

*persona
人
person modified

This is one of the most common components in Chinese characters, so you need to choose a very uncommon person to be the "persona" in these character stories--a funny uncle, a favorite teacher, etc.--make sure it is someone that you know well who has a very colorful personality.

as a component: “人字旁” or “单人旁”

什

shén

what
亻 + 十shí
persona + ten/needle

“What in the world is going on here?” (when you see your persona with a needle).

他

tā

he
亻 + 也
persona + also/scorpion

Picture your persona: he is also covered with scorpions.

们

men

[plural]
亻 + 门mén
persona + gate

your persona finds her doppelganger (a person's look-alike) at the gate

你

nǐ

you
亻 + 尔
persona + you [literary]

alternatively: 亻 + ⺈ + 小 persona + mask + small: your persona says, “You (little person)! Put this mask on.”

人尔你

假

jiǎ or jià

fake or vacation
亻 + 叚jiǎ
persona + copycat

picture your persona buying fakes on vacation

做

zuò

make
亻 + 故
persona + deliberate

Your persona deliberately makes…

alternatively: 亻+古 + 攵 persona + ancient + taskmaster, Your persona needs an ancient taskmaster to make...

住

zhù

dwell
亻 + 主zhǔ
persona + lord

your persona dwelling with her lord

化

huà

transform
亻 + 匕
persona + person sitting

A standing person transforms into a sitting person, maybe in a magic show.

*stroke crosses through

但

dàn

however
亻 + 旦dàn
persona + daybreak

your persona planned on getting up at daybreak, however…

However, Dan at dawn...

付

fù

pay [v.]
亻 + 寸
persona + thumb

confirm payment with a thumbs up

代

dài

substitute for
亻 + 弋
persona + pistol

An important persona in a duel is the “second”, someone sent as a substitute for offended parties, whose primary role was to settle the dispute without violence.

像

xiàng

likeness
亻 + 象xiàng
persona + elephant

your persona dressed like an elephant

停

tíng

halt [v.]
亻 + 亭tíng
persona + pavilion

Your persona halts to look at the strange pavilion.

件

jiàn

piece [m.w.]
亻 + 牛
persona + cow

your persona cuts a cow in pieces

体

tǐ

body
亻 + 本
persona + notebook

your persona carrying their anatomy notebook

your persona posing for an artist’s sketchbook

休

xiū

rest [v.]
亻 + 木
persona + tree

your persona leaning against a tree to rest

便

biàn

convenient
亻 + 更
persona + even more

your persona will buy even more if it’s convenient or cheap (便宜piányi)

保

bǎo

safeguard [v.]
亻 + 呆
persona + dim-witted

your persona safeguarding the dim-witted

份

fèn

portion
亻 + 分fēn
persona + part

your persona portions out the parts

信

xìn

faith
亻 + 言
persona + speech

You have faith in your persona’s speech.

位

wèi

position [n.]
亻 + 立
persona + stand up

when a persona of position comes in, you stand up

作

zuò

do
亻 + 乍zuò
persona + saw

your persona singing "Do as I’m Doing” with a sawing motion

亻Mad Libs

Quiz

仙

xiān

immortal [n.]

亿

yì

one hundred million

伊

yī

Queen Elizabeth

储

chǔ

put in storage

侠

xiá

chivalrous person

俯

fǔ

bow one’s head

仗

zhàng

battle [n.]

侣

lǚ

associate [n.]

仍

réng

still [adv.]

侨

qiáo

live abroad

佩

pèi

wear at the waist

位

wèi

position [n.]

保

bǎo

safeguard [v.]

假

jiǎ or jià

fake or vacation

伦

lún

human relationships

供

gōng

supply [n./v.]

件

jiàn

piece [m.w.]

伤

shāng

wound [n.]

估

gū

estimate [v.]

代

dài

substitute for

何

hé

whatwhichwhowherewhy?

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