Most Common Chinese Characters (page 53)

(char.) assist; assistant

(pro.) (oral, used in dialect) what

(v.) swell, be bloated; expand, distend

(v.) pull, tear; to raise (one's voice); to chat, to gossip

joy

(n.) the abbreviation of Liaoning Province; a dynasty (907-1125) | (char.) distant, broad

(v.) wipe, clean; to press one's hand(s) on sth. and move downwards (in order to remove it) | (v./m.) apply, plaster, smear; strike out, erase; wipe; beam, ray, dash | (v.) spread, plaster, daub; skirt, bypass

(n.) section of thick bamboo; thick tube-shaped object; tube-shaped part of clothing

(n.) chess, board game; chess piece

(n.) trousers, pants

(interj.) oh, ah, alas (expressing sadness or regret) | (interj.) (response to a call) yes, hmm; (sigh) ah

(adj.) artless, simple | (n.) Piao (family name) | (char.) name of a type of sword | (n.) (botany) Chinese hackberry

(char.) (to order - never used alone)

(char.) be pregnant; fetus/foetus, embryo

(n./v.) oath, vow; to take an oath, to pledge, to swear

(n.) larynx, throat

(adj./adv.) absurd; presumptuously, rashly

(v.) arrest, capture; restrain; stop, prevent; restrict, limit; adhere rigidly to

(n./m.) chain; cable length (1/10 of a nautical mile)

(char.) (of vehicle or horse) gallop, run fast | (char.) (of reputation) to spread; (of thoughts) turn eagerly towards

(n.) fence, railing, hurdle; pen, shed; column or box (of text); board (for putting up notices)

(char.) (of time or river) pass; die, pass away

(char.) steal; secretly, stealthily; (term of modesty) personally

(adj.) brightly colored, gorgeous | (char.) romantic, amorous; (lit.) to envy, to admire

(adj.) smelly; disgusting, disgraceful; (of skills) poor, inferior; seriously, severely | (n.) (lit) smell, odor; scent

(char.) delicate | (char.) towing rope

(literary) baroque pearl; irregular pearl

(m.) measure word for tree or grass

(prep.) make use of, take advantage of (an opportunity)

(n.) craftsman, artisan; master, person of remarkable achievement

(char.) be full of, be filled with; have a surplus

(n.) old man; (old term) father; father-in-law

(v./n.) worry about; sorrow

(char.) wink, flash, blink

(char.) baby, infant; (lit.) to harass

(char.) filial; mourning; mourning dress

(n.) neck; neck-shaped thing | (char.) neck (oral, only appears in the word 脖颈儿)

(conj.) if, supposing, in case | (char.) to walk back and forth (variant of 徜)

abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China

(v.) forgive, understand, make allowance; suppose, presume, expect