Most Common Chinese Characters (page 19)

(n.) an ancient administrative division; autonomous prefecture (of Chinese minority); state (in countries such as USA)

(adj./v.) silent, quiet; still, motionless; to calm down, to make quiet

(v.) cancel; move back; remove; quit; recede, ebb; return, refund

(conj.) since, as | (adv.) already; both and, as well as

(char.) clothing, dress, garment; coating, covering; placenta | (radical.) clothes | (char.) (lit.) to wear, to be dressed in

(pro.) you (respectful form)

(char./m.) ancestor; clan; (academic) sect, school; model, great master; measure word for matter, loan, etc. | (n./v.) (transliterated from Tibetan) country, an administrative unit in Tibet; (in artistic work) to take as the model

(v./n.) amass, accumulate; (math.) multiplication, integration; (TCM) indigestion | (char.) long-pending, long-standing

(v./pro.) remain, leave; (ancient pronoun) I | (char.) time after or beyond an event; remainder, surplus | (num.) more than, odd, over

(adj./adv.) painful, aching; grieved, sorrowful; deeply, bitterly

(v.) inspect, check, examine; restrain oneself, be careful in one's conduct

(v./adj.) to differ from, be insufficient, fall short of, lack; wrong; poor, inferior; | (v./n.) send somebody on an errand; mission, errand | (n./adv.) difference; slightly, barely | (char.) (used in 参差)

(adj.) rich | (char.) to enrich; property; plentiful, abundant

(adj.) clever, bright | (adj.) extremely effective, efficacious; nimble, agile, deft | (char.) god, holy being; spirit, soul | (n.) coffin, bier, thing concerning the deceased

(char.) to assist; to cooperate; harmonious

(n.) horn; feeler; bugle; horn-shaped thing; corner; (Math.) angle; (geography) cape | (m.) a fractional unit of money in China (=1/10 of a yuan); quarter, piece | (v./n.) contend, wrestle; actor, role, character; ancient cup with 3 legs | (radical.) horn

(v.) constitute, account for | (v.) to divine | (v.) seize, forcibly occupy; take up (time or space)

(v.) compound, mix; mate (of animals); match; distribute, designate; to find sth to match; exile, banish | (v.) deserve, be qualified

(v.) draft, levy (troops); collect (taxes); solicit | (char.) go on a journey; go on an expedition or a campaign; (lit.) evidence; sign, portent

(v.) repair, mend, fix | (char.) (lit.) long, tall, slender; to embellish or decorate | (v.) to build, construct; to trim, prune or mow | (v.) (lit.) to write, compose; to study, cultivate; to practise (a religious doctrine)

(n.) skin, peel, husk; leather, fur; cover, wrapper | (radical.) skin | (adj.) (informal) naughty, mischievous; durable; robust strong; unresponsive, thick-skinned | (char.) surface; skin-deep, superficial; flat piece, thin sheet; rubber

(v.) wave, wield, brandish | (char.) wipe off; command (an army); scatter, disperse

(v.) win; defeat; be superior to | (char.) be competent; all, completely; superb, wonderful; scenic spot

(v.) drop, descend, fall; reduce, lower | (v.) surrender, capitulate; subdue, control

(n.) step; rank

(v./adv.) examine; interrogate; (lit.) indeed | (char.) careful, meticulous; (lit.) know

(adj./v.) heavy; profound, deep, gloomy; sink, descend; keep down; indulge

(char.) strong, hard | (char.) resolute, firm, steadfast; fortification, stronghold

(adj.) good and honest, kind-hearted | (char.) philanthropic; good; friendly; familiar; be adept in; make a success of; be likely to

(n.) mom, mother | (n.) (addressing an aged married woman or female relative) aunt, auntie; (addressing a maidservant) nanny

surname Liu

(v./n.) to read aloud; to read; way of pronunciation (of a character) | (v.) to study, to attend school | (char.) (ancient) short pause (when reading a text)

(interj.) oh, wow, huh... (to express agreement, admiration, etc. with a prolonged tone) | (par.) (used at the end of a sentence) expressing appreciation, agreement, urge, etc.; (used in the middle of a sentence) indicating a pause to draw attention; used when enumerating items | (interj.) (to press for answer) well; (asking for repetition) eh, what | (interj.) ah, aha, what (to express puzzled surprise) | (interj.) ah (expressing surprise or admiration)

(v.) surpass, overtake; to go beyond a limit, be beyond the normal level | (char.) go beyond, transcend

(v.) exempt, free sb from; dismiss from a post; avoid, escape; forbid

(v./n.) to press; to cover; to subdue; to restrain; to win over; to approach; to lay aside; to stake; pressure | (char.) used in a limited number of words, see 压根儿

(n.) silver | (char.) money, currency; silver-colored

(v.) buy

(n.) emperor

(v./adj.) keep (pets), raise; support; give birth to; recuperate; maintain; refine; acquire; grow (hair); adoptive