Most Common Chinese Characters (page 28)

(v.) exert oneself, make an effort; protrude, bulge; (dialect) strain oneself

(v./adv.) rest; cast off one's wife and send her home; don't | (char.) stop, cease; (lit.) joyous, jubilant

(n.) tiger | (char.) brave, vigorous; (lit.) to put on a fierce look

(v.) to raise; to throw up and scatter; to praise | (char.) Yang (another name for Yangzhou, city in Jiangsu Province)

(n.) way, route, road; Chinese surname

(char.) invade; (lit.) approach

(char.) sentence, penalty; corporal torture, punishment | (n.) Xing (Chinese surname)

(adj.) green | (char.) used in certain words, e.g. 绿林, etc.

(n.) elder brother; elder male cousin; respectful term of address between men

(char.) fast

(char./m.) suite, series; bend of a river; convention; measure word for suit, set, group, houses | (n.) case, sheath; cotton lining; knot; harness; trap, ruse | (v.) cover with; interlink, overlap; model sth on sth; harness (a draught animal); try to win (sb's friendship); trap sb into (telling sth); buy up illegally

(char.) deal, exchange; without careful consideration

(char.) to finish; totally, fully, to the utmost

(adv.) only, alone | (interj.) (ancient Chinese) yeah

(char.) grain, cereal | (n.) valley, ravine, gorge | (radical.) valley

(n./v.) wheel; take turns | (char./m.) wheel-shaped object; steamboat; round (measure word for sports, game, meeting, etc.)

(n.) warehouse, storeroom; arsenal; base, library; inventory

(char.) trace, track

(adv.) particularly, especially | (char.) outstanding, exceptional; wrongdoing; impute to, lay the blame on

(char.) to compete; (lit.) anxiously, eagerly; (lit.) strong, powerful

(n.) street

(char.) to hurry, to promote; (of time) short; (lit.) to come close to

(char.) to extend; (lit.) to invite, to send for

(v./n.) shake, quake, shock; be deeply astonished; thunder

(char.) throw away, abandon, discard

(n.) first; first of the ten heavenly stems | (char.) shell (of reptiles or arthropods); nail; shield, armour

(char.) big and tall; magnificent, great

(adj.) tingling, numb; (of food) producing a burning sensation to the taste; (of sth's surface) course, rough | (n.) hemp, flax (or other natural materials for textiles); fiber of hemp or flax, etc. | (radical.) hemp | (adj.) (dialect) starting to get dark, becoming light | (char.) pockmarks; pitted, spotted; sesame

(n.) river, stream; plain | (radical.) river | (n.) Chuan (referring to the Sichuan Province)

(char.) explain, set forth, state; apply | (n.) Shen (another name for Shanghai 上海); ninth of the twelve Earthly Branches)

(adj./v.) slow, unhurried; relaxed, not tense; to delay; to recuperate

(char.) potential, latent; hide, conceal; secretly, stealthily | (v.) submerge, dive, go underwater

(v.) flash; dodge; (of the body) sway dramatically; (dialect) leave behind | (n./v.) lightning; to sprain or strain; to appear suddenly

(v.) sell | (char.) (lit.) make sth work, carry out (intrigues)

(n.) lamp, light; burner

(n.) needle, pin; needle-like object; injection; stitch; acupuncture

(char.) wise man, sage; wise, intellectual, learned

(char.) net-like object; (TCM) subsidiary channels in the human body through which vital energy circulate | (v.) to hold sth in place with a net; to wind, to twist | (char.) used to form the word 络子

(v.) prop, support; oppose; be equal to; balance, compensate for; resist; reach, arrive

(char.) vermilion; scarlet, bright red | (n.) Zhu (Chinese family name)