Most Common Chinese Characters (page 37)

(n.) pike, spear, lance | (radical.) spear

(n.) Huo (a surname) | (char.) suddenly, quickly

(char.) approve, allow; fair, just

(m./n.) measure word used to quantify pictures, paintings, prints, etc.; width (of cloth) | (char.) (generally referring to) width, breadth, range, margin

(v.) (of granular things) scatter, sprinkle; drop, spill | (v.) cast, release; (oral) urinate; let oneself go, run wild

(v.) remain, be left over

(char.) victory

(char./m.) something small and round; measure word for small spheres

(v.) call sb names, curse (at sb); to condemn, to reproach, to scold

(v./n.) to award; to view and admire; to appreciate; to honor... with one's presence; reward, award

(char.) liquid, fluid, juice | (n.) (TCM) humor

(m.) measure word for actions, deeds, words; ...fold, time | (char.) foreign country or state | (char.) used in the name of place, see 番禺

(n.) box, suitcase; box-shaped thing

(v.) paste, stick; keep close to; help out (financially) | (char./m.) allowance, subsidy; (measure word for medicated plaster) piece

(v.) overflow, flood | (char.) careless, unrestrained; be everywhere; vast, endless

(adj./n.) sour; grieved, distressed; aching; pedantic, hidebound; (chemistry) acid

(n.) (old form of address) my dear husband (of a woman in ancient times), young man, son of another person; (of ancient China) official title; (addressing to) a particular category of people | (char.) only used in the word 屎壳郎

(n.) waist; kidney; waist (of garments); pocket; middle, halfway

(char.) relax, comfortable | (v.) stretch, unfold, spread, smooth out

(char.) eyebrows; top margin of a page

(char.) worry, be worried; anxiety, concern; (lit.) funeral arrangements for parents

(v.) float, drift; swim; move in the air | (adj.) frivolous, flighty | (char.) being on the surface; excessive; void; temporary, provisional; movable

(char.) hard, laborious; hot (in flavor); sad, miserable | (radical.) bitter | (n.) eighth of the ten heavenly stems; Chinese surname

(v.) feel attached to; love

(char.) food, meal; to eat (a meal) | (m.) measure word for meals

(v.) frighten | (char.) threaten, intimidate | (interj.) Humph (expressing disapproval or resentment)

(adv./v.) extraordinarily, very, quite; to stick out (physically); to endure, to stand | (char./m.) erect, upright; outstanding; measure word for machine guns

(char.) to advise and encourage, to inspire with enthusiasm

(n./v.) words; take leave; resign | (n.) Ci (form of classical literature or poetry) | (v.) decline, shirk, reject; dismiss, fire (sb. from his job)

(m.) measure word for a ship or boat

(n.) key (of computer, piano, etc.); (chemistry) bond

surname Wu

(n./m.) peak, summit; hump; (measure word) for camels

(n./m.) ruler; ruler-shaped instrument; instrument for drawing graphs; traditional unit of length (equal to 1/3 meter) | (n.) a note of the scale of gongchepu (which is equivalent to re in numbered musical notations)

(char.) yesterday; the past

(char.) (lit.) multitudinous, numerous; black | (n.) dawn; referral to one of the ethnic groups of China

(n.) generation; (lit.) type (of people); lifetime

(char./m.) pass through; link up; be versed in; file in and out; one's native place; (old measure word) a string of (1000 coins)

(char.) scout, spy, detect

(v./adj.) to slide, to slip, to glide, to skid; slippery, smooth; crafty, cunning