Most Common Chinese Characters (page 15)

(adj.) yellow | (adj.) (film, book) rated only for adults | (n./v.) yellow-colored animal product; (abbr.) Yellow River; (oral) fall through, come to nothing

(adv./adj./v.) most; (before a negative) absolutely; desperate, hopeless; superb, matchless; to exhaust, to finish; to die, to disappear

(adj./adv.) strange, queer; unexpected; surprised, astonished; extraordinarily | (char.) odd (number); (lit.) remainder, fractional amount

(v.) examine, inquire, observe, inspect, look into

(char.) mother; female elders (in the clan); (fig.) origin, mother; nut | (adj.) female (animals or birds) | (radical.) mother

(n.) Jing (the abbreviation of Beijing) | (char.) capital of a country

(m.) used of a section of something that is long; used of distance, time; used of writing or speech, paragraph | (n.) stage, phase, division; grade, rank (of the skill of the player of go or weiqi); administrative unit

(v.) lean against; rely on; comply with, listen to | (prep.) according to

(char./m.) wholesale; (lit.) to slap; batch, lot, group | (v.) criticize; write comments on (report from a subordinate); to buy in batch | (n.) (spoken Chinese, usu. with er sound) untwisted fibers of cotton or flax in thin strips ready to be drawn and twisted

(char./m.) crowd; numerous; mass, multitude; group, herd, flock

(m./n.) a measure word for item or proposal; (Math) term; Chinese surname | (char.) nape (of the neck); sum (of money)

(char.) old, past; things of the past; old friend, acquaintance; cause; incident, event | (v./adv./conj.) (of someone) pass away, depart this life; intentionally; therefore

(v./prep.) to press, to push down, to restrain; according to | (char.) (of an editor or author) to add notes, to make comments; (lit.) to check, to refer to

(n.) river; Yellow River; Milky Way system, Galaxy

(m.) meter | (n.) rice; (also husked seed; grain-like things) | (radical.) rice

(v./m.) surround, besiege, enclose; arm span; hand span | (char.) all sides, periphery; circumference

(n.) river

(v.) to weave; to knit; to criss-cross

(v.) kill, murder | (n./v.) harm, disaster; cause harm to, contract (a disease) | (char.) harmful, injurious; to feel (afraid, astonished, shy)

(v.) fight; make animals fight (as a game); contest with; come close together | (m./n.) unit for measuring grain; (ancient) grain container, wine vessel; (astronomy) Big Dipper; object shaped like a cup or dipper; whorls of a fingerprint | (radical.) dipper

(m.) a measure word for shoes and paired items | (adj.) two, dual; even; double, twofold

(char.) border, boundary; area, territory, land; condition, situation

(n.) guest, visitor | (char./m.) passenger; traveling merchant; customer; person engaged in some activity; objective; non-native, visitor;(dialect, of foods or drinks) portion

(char.) record (same as 记); discipline; age, epoch; (geology) period

(v.) to pick (flowers, fruits); to choose, to select; to collect; to extract, to mine | (char.) (lit) feudal estate | (char.) facial expression, complexion, spirit

(v.) to raise; to elect; to cite, to enumerate | (char.) to start, to initiate; act, deed; all, entire, whole; (short) successful candidate (in imperial examinations in Ming and Qing)

(v.) to kill, to slaughter; to abate, to reduce; (dialect) cause a sharp stinging pain | (v.) fight, battle, combat; destroy, impair; (after a verb or an adj.) indicating the intensity, extremely

(v.) attack, assault; accuse, verbally attack; study, specialize in

(char.) father | (radical.) father | (char.) (lit., term of respect) elderly man

(n.) Su (the abbreviation of Jiangsu Province); abbreviation of the former Soviet Union | (n.) Su (the abbreviation of the city of Suzhou) | (char.) to revive, to regain consciousness; (botany) perilla; tassel

(adj.) close, dense; intimate; fine, meticulous; secret, confidential

(adj./v.) low, low-lying, junior, below general standard; to lower, to hang

(prep.) towards | (n.) morning; day | (v./n.) to face; dynasty | (char.) imperial court; to have an audience with (a sovereign), to pay pilgrimage to

(char.) friend; intimate; friendly

(v.) to tell; to complain, to speak out one's mind; to accuse

(v./adv.) to stop; (of a period of time) to end; only | (radical.) stop

(adj.) thin, slender, fine; trifling, minute; narrow; weak; (of voice, sound) soft; in small particles, tiny; exquisite, delicate; thorough

(av.) to wish, to hope, to desire; be willing to, be ready to | (char.) wish, hope, desire; vow (made before a god or Buddha)

(num.) thousand; a great number of

(n./adj./v.) value; deserving; be worth; happen to; be on duty