Most Common Chinese Characters (page 17)

(adj.) late; later than is proper or desirable | (n.) evening | (char.) of late time; junior, succeeding

surname Lan | abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

(v.) try, try on; examine, test

(n.) portion | (n.) strand, share, stock | (m.) measure word for strip-like things, odor, strength, people in group (often with derogatory sense) | (n.) thigh | (n.) (Math.) longer leg of a right triangle

(v.) hold, take; capture; have a firm grasp of; pretend; receive; drive sb into a corner | (prep.) by means of, with; on (used to introduce the object of a following verbal phrase)

(n.) brain; brainpower | (char.) head; essence; odd bits and pieces of sth

(char.) in advance; prior; take part in

(pro.) who, whom (also pronounced as shei2) | (pro.) who, whom (also pronounced as shui2)

(char.) beneficial; benefit; to increase | (adv.) all the more, even more

(char.) sun; convex; yang (Chinese philosophy); belonging to this world; positive; male; south of a hill; north of a river | (n.) (TCM) yang

(v./conj.) (lit.) appear, seem; as if; if | (char.) see 般若 | (pro.) (lit.) you, your

(pro.) which, what, who; whichever, whoever, whatever | (pro.) (expressing negation) how can, how is it possible | (par.) used as 啊 but only after words ending with consonant "n" | (char.) only used in the name of a god in Chinese mythology (see 哪吒) | (pro.) which, what, who; whichever, whoever, whatever

(char.) tiny, minute, miniature, micro-; humble; profound; to decline | (adv.) slightly

Buddhist nun | (often used in phonetic spellings)

(v./conj.) inherit, succeed; continue, follow; afterwards, then

(v.) give, give as a present | (v.) to accompany someone to his or her destination | (v.) deliver, send; lose, waste

(v.) be impatient, be worried | (adj.) urgent, rapid | (char.) emergency, urgency; be eager to help (those who are in trouble or difficulty) | (v.) to worry..., to make...anxious | (adj.) irritable

(n.) blood | (n.) (oral) blood | (radical.) blood | (n.) (TCM) blood; menstruation | (char.) related by blood; high-spirited, energetic

(v.) to shock, be frightened; (of a horse) to stampede, to shy

(n./v.) wound, injury; to hurt; to get sick of sth (usually of foods) | (char.) be distressed; develop an illness; be harmful to, hinder

(adj./adv./n.) plain, simple, quiet; white, natural-colored; unprocessed; usually; basic element | (n.) vegetarian food; white silk, natural-colored silk

(n./v.) medicine, drug; to kill with poison | (char.) certain chemicals; (lit.) to cure

(char.) suit, fit; (body) comfortable or well (used in negative); (lit.) go, reach; just, right

(n.) wave | (n.) unexpected turn of event; glance, wink; (physics) wave

(n./m.) night, evening

(n.) province; provincial capital | (v.) save, economize; omit, leave out; abbreviate | (char.) inspect, examine oneself; become conscious; (lit) visit (parents)

(n./adj.) beginning; beginning, starting | (adv.) for the first time | (adj.) first (in order), primary | (char.) original

(adj./v.) glad, happy; (of plants and animals) have an inclination (for) | (char.) pregnancy; happy event; be fond of, like

(char.) defend, guard; security guard; place for stationing troops (Ming Dynasty); Wei (dukedom in the Zhou Dynasty) | (char.) hygiene

(char.) source of a river; source, root

(n./v.) food; to eat | (char.) eclipse; sth used for cooking | (char.) (lit.) to feed, to offer food to

(adj./adv.) dangerous; nearly, almost | (char.) place of difficult access; risky; peril, danger; sinister, malicious

(v.) wait | (v.) to stay, to stop for a while | (char.) to need, be necessary | (v.) to treat, to entertain

(char.) narrate, state

(n.) land | (num.) six (used on cheques and documents)

(char.) (lit. of birds) try flying repeatedly; practice; be used to; very often; habit, custom | (n.) Xi (Chinese surname)

(v.) put, place; set up; buy

(char.) to reside; to occupy (a position); store up; to claim; to belong to a certain category; house, residence

(char.) fatigued; to make sb. toil; meritorious deed; to reward; labor; laborer | (v.) to put sb. to the trouble (of doing sth.)

(n.) money; wealth