Most Common Chinese Characters (page 40)

(v./adj./n.) faint; dark, dim; confused; dusk

(v.) persuade, advise; encourage, exhort (sb to do good)

(v./n.) to hand in, to submit; to show, to assume (color, shape...); petition, memorial, document submitted to a superior

(v.) search, seek; look for, explore

(adj.) diligent, hardworking; frequent, constant | (char.) duty, service; attendance

(v./n.) to give up, to refrain or abstain from (enjoying or doing something); ring (short for 戒指)

(v.) to drive, to ride; to draw (a cart); to control or master | (char.) a polite expression, indicating the other person

(char.) pretty, remarkable (not used alone) | (v.) bleach; rinse | (v.) float, drift | (v.) (dialect) come to nothing, fall through

(char.) to drink; a drink; to keep in the heart, to harbor; (TCM) decoction of Chinese medicine; (TCM) watery sputum | (v.) to give (animals) water to drink

surname Cao | Zhou Dynasty vassal state

(char./m.) character used in 耳朵; measure word for flowers, clouds, etc.

(char.) (dialect) young man; young animal (variant of 崽) | (char.) (of domestic animals, fowls) young; closely woven | (char.) see 仔肩

(adj./v.) soft; gentle, tender, mild; to soften

(num.) two (can not be followed by measure words); a few, some | (char.) crafty, ability (used in the word 伎俩)

surname Meng

(char.) become rotten, go bad, decay; tofu; (of ideas) stale

(char.) children, the young; young, under age

(char.) to practice, to carry out; to tread, to trample

(n.) record, book; native place, membership

(char.) to herd

(adj.) cool, cold; disheartened, depressed; sad; desolate | (v.) to let sth cool (off or down)

(char.) domestic animals (such as horses, oxen); animal sacrifice

(adj.) good, excellent, beautiful, fine

(phonetic na) | used esp. in female names such as Anna 安娜[An1 na4] or Diana 黛安娜[Dai4 an1 na4]

(adj.) dense, thick, concentrated; great, strong

(char.) sweet-smelling, fragrant; beautiful; virtue, good, reputation; flower; (honorific) your

(n.) rough draft, sketch; manuscript, contribution

(n.) bamboo | (radical.) bamboo

(n.) abdomen | (char.) heart, mind; belly (of a vase, etc.); front

(v.) fall, tumble; (of price, output) drop, go down

(char.) patrol, make one's rounds; (used in the transliteration) logic

(v.) hang down, let drop; to flow downward; to leave a name (in history) | (char.) be close to, be on the verge of | (char.) (of of one's elders or superiors) condescend

(v.) observe, obey, follow

(char.) pulse; arteries and veins; vein of leaves, etc.; sth linking up to form a network | (n.) (TCM) vessel, pulse | (char.) affectionate, amorous, loving

(n.) cypress | (char.) used in the Chinese translation of Berlin (capital of Germany)

(n.) jail, prison; lawsuit, (criminal) case

(v.) to guess; to suspect, to doubt

(char.) to pity, to sympathize with; to love (tenderly)

(v.) to confuse, to mislead; to be puzzled or bewildered