Most Common Chinese Characters (page 16)

(adv.) still, yet | (char.) (lit.) to remain; (lit.) frequent

(n.) male, man; son, boy; baron

(n./m.) coins; coin-shaped thing; money; fortune fund; wealth; traditional unit of weight equivalent to 5g | (n.) Qian (a surname)

(v./adj.) break; break (a banknote) into small change; get rid of, make an exception; defeat; solve; broken; shabby, lousy

(n./v.) net, web; (also: net-like object; network); to cover to enclose with a net; to catch with a net | (radical.) net

(adj./v./n.) hot; popular; to heat up; heat; fever | (char.) ardent, warmhearted; craze, fad; envious; (of a scene) bustling; thermal

(char.) help, assist, aid

(v.) to pour, to tip; to invert; to reverse; to move backward | (v.) to fall over, to fail or collapse; to overthrow; be spoiled, have malfunction; change, shift; move around; sell up; buy and resell at a profit | (adj.) upside down, inverted | (adv.) (contrary to common sense or one's expectation); but, however; (after a "verb + de" structure, implying blame); (in the subordinate clause, indicating concession); (in an imperative sentence or a question, indicating impatience); (used to soften the tone)

(char.) give birth to; raise, rear; educate, education

(v.) to be born in the year of | (v.) belong to; be subordinate to; be | (char.) category; family members, dependents; (biology) genus | (char.) (lit.) join, combine; link up words and sentences; fix (one's mind) on

(v.) to sit; to travel by or on | (v.) convict; (of buildings) have the back towards; put on a fire; suffer from (a disease); (of guns) recoil

(n.) emperor; imperialism; supreme being, god

(v.) to limit | (char.) limit, bound; (lit.) threshold

(n.) boat, ship

(n.) face; front part of sth; dignity; facial expression

(char.) job, duty; post; to manage

(char.) fast, quick; speed; (lit.) invite

(char./m.) moment; unkind; profound; to set a date (same as 克); quarter (of an hour) | (v.) to carve, to engrave

(char.) music | (adj./n./v.) happy, cheerful; pleasure, fun; to laugh; to enjoy, to take delight in

(v./adv.) deny, negate; (lit.) nay, no | (char.) obstructed, blocked up; bad, evil; censure | (char.) (lit., at the end of a question) whether (or not)

(adv.) just now, newly; just | (adv.) exactly | (adj.) stiff, bristly; strong, firm

(char.) impressive power; deter (with prowess), threaten by force

(char./m.) little, fine; rough; gross; semi-finished; mao (fractional unit of Chinese Yuan, equal to 10 fen) | (n./adj./v.) hair; feather; wool; mildew; careless; panicky; (dialect) to get angry | (radical.) fur

(n./v.) shape, form; state, condition; record; written complaint; certificate; to describe

(v.) lead, command; (lit.) follow, obey | (char.) rate, proportion | (char.) hasty, rash; straightforward; example, model | (adv.) (lit.) generally, usually

(v./adj./adv.) to exceed; (lit.) big, huge; serious; very | (char.) (variant of 什) what (used in forming the word 甚么) | (pro.) (dialect) what, whatever

(adj./adv.) selfish, intolerant; lone, solitary; by oneself; only, unique

(n.) ball, rounded object; ball (used in games); ball game; globe, sphere

(m.) kind, sort | (par.) as, same as, like | (char.) (lit.) happiness

(char.) general, universal

(v./adv.) be afraid of, fear; can't endure or stand; perhaps, I'm afraid

(char.) bullet, bomb; pellet, ball | (v.) pluck a string instrument; play a keyboard | (v.) to shoot (with a slingshot), to send forth; to flick, to flip | (char.) to be elastic; to accuse or impeach

(n.) school | (v.) check, proofread | (char.) field officer

(adv./adj./v.) painstakingly; (of taste) bitter; hard, painful; cause sb. to suffer; suffer from | (n.) pain, suffering, hardship

(v.) to initiate, to begin | (n.) wound, injury, trauma; to inflict casualties on

(adj.) fake; artificial | (char.) if; suppose, assume, presume; to borrow | (n.) holiday; leave of absence

(adj./n.) (of time) long; a specified duration

(adj.) wrong; bad | (v./n.) to miss; to stagger; fault, mistake | (char.) be interlocked and jagged; complex, confusing

(v.) bear, carry, hold; undertake, take charge; continue

(v./n.) to print; seal, stamp; mark, trace