Most Common Chinese Characters (page 10)

(n.) car, bus, vehicle | (n.) chariot (Chinese Chess) | (radical.) vehicle | (n.) wheeled instrument, machine

(n./adj./adv./v.) parent; related by blood; close, intimate; personally, in person; to kiss; be in favor of, be in support of | (char.) relatives by marriage

(char.) pole; utmost point; reach the limit | (adj./adv.) extreme; extremely

(n.) forest, woods; forestry; cluster of similar things; a Chinese family name

(char.) dress, clothes; mourning apparel; to wear | (v.) to take (medicine); to undertake (a position, duty or penalty); to convince; be convinced; be accustomed | (m.) a dose of medicine | (v.) obey, be subordinated to

(adj./adv.) quick, fast; quick-witted, nimble; sharp; straight-forward; happy; quickly; soon, before long

(v.) to do, to handle, to manage; to purchase or prepare for; to punish; to establish or run

(v.) discuss | (char.) opinion, view; to comment

(prep./v.) towards, to; go, head for | (char.) previous, past; the past

(char.) human head; (key) element; unit, part, component; leading, capital, prime; first, initial; primary, basic | (m./n.) yuan, the monetary unit of China; Yuan dynasty

(adj./n.) excellent; youthful; outstanding person, hero; flower; (short form for English or Britain)

(char.) (ancient Chinese) unmarried man; scholar; an ancient social stratum; commendable person; person with skills; soldier; guard (Chinese chess) | (radical.) scholar

(n.) certificate, credentials | (n./v.) evidence, proof; prove, demonstrate | (n.) (TCM) pattern, syndrome

(adj./v.) near, close; intimately related; get close to, approach

(v.) lose; cannot find; lose control of; become unusual or abnormal; fail to achieve one's end; violate | (char.) mistake, slip, error

(v./m.) to turn round and round, to spin; rotation, turn | (v.) turn, shift, change; pass on transfer | (v.) stroll around and have a look | (v.) embellish one's speech with literary quotations (to show off one's knowledge)

(n.) man; husband; manual worker; (in the past) conscripted laborer | (pro.) this, that; he

(v./n.) to make, to cause; to order; order, decree | (char.) only used in 令狐 | (m.) ream (old measure word for 500 pieces of paper) | (char.) season; drinking game; ancient official title; short song or lyric verse; (term of respect) your; (lit.) good

(char.) standard, criteria; (used as a prefix) in some way, partly | (v./prep.) to allow, to permit, to grant; according to, following | (adj./adv./n.) accurate, exact; certain, sure, definite; definitely, surely; certainty

(n.) cloth, fabric | (char.) to make public; to spread; to arrange

(char.) to begin, to start; beginning | (adv.) (lit.) only then, not...until... (used in the same way as 才)

(pro.) how; why

(par.) (used at the end of a declarative sentence) indicating the continuation of an action or situation; marker of a declarative sentence | (char.) woolen (cloth), coating of wool (not used alone) | (par.) marker of a special, alternative or rhetorical question; used to mark a pause in a sentence

(v.) to retain, to remain, to cherish, to harbor, keep, deposit, exist

(adv.) not yet, not | (char.) the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches

(adj.) (in time or space) distant, remote; distant in relationship; by far, far and away | (v.) to keep at a distance

(v.) to shout; to name, to be called; to call or summon | (v.) (of animals) to cry, to scream | (v.) to make ...(do...); to ask, to order; to permit, to allow | (prep.) by (introducing the agent in a passive sentence)

(m.) measure word used to quantify certain machinery or apparatus; set of items performed on a single occasion | (n.) Tai (the abbreviation of Taiwan) | (n.) platform; tower, terrace; stand; erected structure | (n.) station, service; official post; (lit.) you, your | (char.) used in a name place, see 台州 | (char.) used to form the word typhoon | (char.) table, platform-shaped furniture

(char.) list, form, voucher, sheet, paper, note | (adj./adv.) one, single, odd, unlined; only, solely | (char.) alone, single, simple, weak | (char.) Chan (used in 单于)

(n./v.) shadow; trace; photograph; shadow play; movie, film; photo print; (dialect) to hide

(char./m.) tool, implement; (lit.) capability; measure word for coffins, dead bodies, etc. | (char.) to have, to possess; write out, state

(char.) net for catching birds; to catch (birds); to display; to collect; silk gauze | (n./v./m.) sieve, sifter; to sieve, to sift; twelve dozen, gross

(n.) courtesy name, second name | (n.) character; pronunciation (of a word or character); name; receipt, IOU; wording; style of calligraphy; scripts | (char.) (lit., of a girl) to be engaged, to be betrothed to

(v./n.) to love, to like, be prone to; love

(char.) strike, break; attack, assault; come in contact with

(v.) (of liquid) flow | (char.) move; degenerate; send into exile; stream (of water); current; branch of river; class; (derogatory) people of a certain sort

(v./adv.) to prepare; to equip; (lit.) to the utmost, fully | (char.) to take precaution against; equipment; complete, perfect

(n.) soldier; army; weapon; warfare

(v./n.) connect, link; military company | (conj.) (even or not even...) concerning..., regarding to...; besides, including | (adv.) repeatedly; continuously, in succession, one after another

(v.) transfer, move; investigate | (n.) melody, tune; (music) key; accent; opinion; tone | (char.) harmonious; blend, adjust; mediate; tease, provoke; incite