Most Common Chinese Characters (page 34)

(adj./n.) sharp, pointed; (of voice) piercing; acute, sensitive; point, tip, the best

(adj.) loyal, devoted, faithful

(adj./v.) tired; to tire; to work hard, to toil | (char.) accumulate, pile up; involve, implicate; repeatedly | (n./v.) (lit.) rope; to tie, to bind

(char.) inflammation; scorching; reference to Yan Di (see 炎帝)

(adv.) temporarily, for the time being, for the moment | (char.) of short duration, brief, transitory

(v.) estimate, assess, appraise | (char.) (old Chinese) old, of poor-quality (of clothes)

(char.) superficial, shallow; extensive, general; to flood, to inundate | (v.) to suffuse, to show | (char.) (lit.) to float

(char.) barren, desolate; (of crops) poor; wasteland; shortage | (v.) be rusty, be out of practice | (char.) absurd; self-indulgent

(char.) compensate, repay | (char.) (of a wish) to be fulfilled

(adj./v.) horizontal; running from east to west or west to east; across, crosswise; to transverse horizontally, to move crosswise | (n.) horizontal stroke | (adj.) unreasonable, harsh; unexpected, inauspicious | (char.) unrestrainedly, turbulently; violently, fiercely

(char.) to refuse; to resist, to ward off

(char.) lucky

(v.) remember; recall

(char.) lonely, isolated; orphaned; orphan

(n.) nose, trunk (of animal); (lit.) initiation | (radical.) nose

(adj./v.) noisy; make a noise; disturb; give vent (to one's feelings); suffer from; tease; do, make

(n.) sheep | (radical.) sheep

(v.) stay, be in a daze | (adj.) foolish | (adj.) dumbfound

(char.) severe, fierce; strict, rigid

(char.) judge, weigh; weighing apparatus; balanced, leveled

(n.) compatriot; children of the same parents; afterbirth | (n.) (TCM) bladder | (n.) (TCM) placenta

(num.) zero, 0 | (adj./n.) fragmentary, fractional; fragment, fraction | (char.) (of rain, dew, tears, etc.) to fall, to drop; (lit. of plants, etc.) wither

(adj./adv.) poor, penniless; (also oral: despite sb's difficult conditions) | (char.) having an end; extremely; exhaustively; thoroughly; use up; in trouble

(char./m.) house, dormitory; fold, pen, sty; my (term of modesty before younger relatives); ancient unit of distance, (equal to 30 li, see also 里) | (v.) abandon, give up; give alms, dispense charity

(m.) yard (unit of length); (same or different) type | (char.) sign or thing indicating number; instrument indicating number; code, cipher | (v.) (spoken Chinese) to pile up, to stack up

(char./m.) conspicuous, grand; (abbr.) Herz (Hz.)

(bound form) grandmother | (bound form) matron | (bound form) mother-in-law | (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

(n.) soul; spirit; lofty spirit (of army or nation) | (n.) (TCM) ethereal soul

(n.) disaster; personal misfortune

(adj./n.) big, vast; flood

(n.) leg; leg-shaped support; ham

(n.) guts, courage, bravery | (n.) (TCM) gallbladder | (char.) inner container

(n.) Jin (the abbreviation of Tianjin) | (n.) (TCM) fluid | (char.) ferry crossing; saliva; sweat; to moisten, to dampen

(char.) custom, convention; mortal life, mundane world; popular, current | (adj.) vulgar, tacky

(v.) explain, argue

(n.) chest; mind, heart

(v.) know, understand

(n.) (often used with "r" sound) strength, energy; potency (of alcohol, medicine, etc.); vigor/vigour, zeal; manner, air; interest, fun, relish | (char.) stalwart, powerful

(char.) poor, impoverished; be inadequate, be short of; a term of humble self-address for monk or nun | (adj.) (dialect) garrulous, loquacious, talkative

(char.) compassionate, humane; benevolence; (polite address) kind (brother); kernel; meat from a nutlike shell