Most Common Chinese Characters (page 49)

(n.) intestine | (char.) heart; sausage

(v.) to avoid, to abstain from; be jealous of; to fear; to quit

(v./adj./adv.) slide, glide; sneak away; go along; (dialect) cast a glance; quick-fry (variant of 熘); smooth, slippery; (dialect) very | (char./m.) rainwater from the roof; eaves gutter; row, line | (adj./n./v.) swift, rapid; vicinity; rapid water current; (dialect) to practice; to fill up or seal (a crack or crevice)

eastern bean goose | great | large

ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle | nobility

(char.) roc (huge legendary bird)

(n.) hawk, eagle

(n./v.) cage, coop; (old) coop for prisoners; steamer; to kindle; (dialect) put each hand in the other sleeve | (v./n.) to envelop, to cover, to veil; large box, trunk

(n./v./m.) mound, dune; grave; to place a coffin in a temporary shelter pending burial; (of paddy field) plot

(n.) Gui (the abbreviation of Guangxi) | (n.) laurel; cassia or cinnamon

(char.) to grow, to multiply; to cause; flavor; taste | (v.) (dialect) burst, spurt, spout

(v./adv.) chat, talk; (lit.) depend; (lit.) for the moment; (lit.) slightly

(v.) keep off, ward off; block, impede, get in the way (of...) | (n.) (in a vehicle's engine) gear; fender, blind

(n.) outline, guiding principle; (biology) class

(char.) muscle, flesh

Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) | to thatch (a roof)

(n.) shell | (char.) shell; hard surface or covering

(n.) mark, trace

(n./m.) bowl; bowl-like object

(n.) hole; den, lair; (TCM) acupoint | (radical.) cave

(n.) shoulder; wing (of a bird) | (char.) swollen | (char.) (used in naming) bladder (膀胱)

(char.) tall and erect; prominent, outstanding

(char.) virtuous, able; virtuous and able person; (term of respectful address for a younger person)

(v.) (of people) lie, lie down; (of animals) crouch; sleep; (dialect) poach (eggs); (lit.) to be a hermit | (char.) sleeping berth

(n.) membrane; film, thin coating

(char.) firm, resolute

(char.) brocade, embroidered work; bright

(v.) to yawn; to lack, be short of; to owe; to slightly raise (a part of body) | (radical.) lack

mile

(n.) envelope, letter

(char.) boundless and indistinct; ignorant; in the dark

(v.) raise (one's head) | (char.) expensive; high-spirited

surname Xue | vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)

(n./v.) (of people) wrinkle, furrow; (of things) pucker, crease; to crumple, to crease

(v.) to praise; to exaggerate

(n.) Yu (the abbreviation of Henan Province) | (char.) hesitate (not used alone); (lit.) live in ease and comfort; (lit.) happy and content

(n.) stomach

(n.) tongue; tongue-shaped object; tongue of a bell, clapper | (radical.) tongue

(v.) to peel, to shell | (char.) to peel, to shell (used in compound words)

(adj./v.) haughty, proud, arrogant; to defy, refuse to yield to