Appendix A
Stimuli used in experiment 1
CV targets	CVG targets	CV Primes	CVG Primes	
拔营/ba2.ying2/	strike camp	白首/bai2.shou3/	whitehaired	爸/ba4/	father	败/bai4/	fail	
蚂蚁/ma3.yi3/	ant	买到/mai3.dao4/	bought	骂/ma4/	to scold	迈/mai4/	stride	
麻油/ma2.you2/	sesame oil	埋伏/mai2.fu2/	ambush	吗/ma5/	a modal particle	买/mai3/	to buy	
大意/da4.yi4/	gist	代沟/dai4.gou1/	generation gap	搭/da1/	to build	呆/dai1/	dull	
拓印/ta4.yin4/	make rubbings	太阳/tai4.yang2/	sun	它/ta1/	it	台/tai2/	platform	
西安/xi1.an1/	name of a city	瞎扯/xia1.che3/	to waffle	昔/xi1/	the past	霞/xia2/	rosy clouds	
炸药/zha4.yao4/	dynamite	债务/zhai4.wu4/	debt	扎/zha1/	bundle up	摘/zhai1/	to pick	
茶油/cha2.you2/	tea-seed oil	柴火/chai2.huo3/	firewood	插/cha1/	plug into	拆/chai1/	dismantle	
傻眼/sha3.yan3/	stunned	晒干/shai4.gan1/	dry in the sun	鲨/sha1/	shark	筛/shai1/	sift	
议案/yi4.an4/	bill	讶异/ya4.yi4/	surprised	衣/yi1/	clothes	压/ya1/	press	
西欧/xi1.ou1/	Europe	修养/xiu1.yang3/	cultivation	夕/xi1/	sunset	袖/xiu4/	sleeve	
酷爱/ku4.ai4/	craze for	跨入/kua4.ru4/	step into	枯/ku1/	withered	夸/kua1/	boast	
化验/hua4.yan4/	lab test	坏事/huai4.shi4/	evil deed	滑/hua2/	slippery	踝/huai2/	ankle	
眨眼/zha3.yan3/	blink	窄小/zhai3.xiao3/	narrow	渣/zha1/	dregs	寨/zhai4/	stockaded village	
霸业/ba4.ye4/	superior enterprise	败类/bai4.lei4/	scum	八/ba1/	eight	百/bai3/	hundred