Most Common Chinese Characters (page 54)

(v.) cover, hide

(adj.) unimpeded, flowing; joyful, happy

(v.) to present as a gift, to give present

girl | phonetic "ni" (in female names) | Taiwan pr. [ni2]

katydid (family Tettigoniidae) | phonetic "sha" used in transliteration

surname Wei

(v./adj.) freeze; get frostbite; feel freezing | (n.) jelly

(v.) to kneel

(v.) rush; temper oneself; stir up, cause (trouble)

(char.) grape (see 葡萄)

(char.) kitchen; cook, chef

(n.) duck

(v./n.) jolt, bump; fall, topple; run while jumping; top, crown

(v.) hide from view, cover, screen; block

(char.) friendship

(dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4]) | used in place names, notably 深圳[Shen1 zhen4]

(v.) to sigh | (interj.) (lit.) oh, why (expressing surprise and bewilderment) | (interj.) (used as a command to animals to stop or slow down) whoa | (char.) to appeal or plead

to arrange

(v.) renounce, disprove; open up (territory), to break (ground) | (char.) (lit.) fight, ward off; (of a monarch) summon and appoint (to an official post); sovereign | (char.) incisive, penetrating; (lit.) law

(n.) tumour

(n.) elder brother's wife, sister-in-law; elder sister, madam(a form of address for a married woman about one's own age)

(phonetic) | declivity | steep bank

(n./v.) (door) frame, case, casing, box; to draw a frame, to circumscribe; to restrict

surname Tan

prosperous | henry (unit of inductance)

(char.) respect, admire, venerate; by the emperor himself

(char.) mediocre, second rated; (lit. usually used in the negative expression) need

(char.) apologize, apologetic; have a poor harvest

(char.) kind of fragrant herb, kind of purplish fungus symbolizing nobility

(v.) roar, howl (of large animals); (of people) yell (out of anger); (of wind or cannon) make great noise

(classical) barely | just | just now

(n.) unlined upper garment; clothes in general

(v./m./n.) spread out, unfold; share; (of unpleasant things) happen; fry in a thin layer; puddle (of paste or thick liquid); booth, stall

(char.) banquet; to entertain people at a meal; (lit.) of ease and comfort

(char.) to enjoin, to advise; to entrust; advice

(char.) central, middle, impartial | (char.) heart, inner feelings

(adj./v.) (of woman, child, etc.) charming, delicate, lovely; finicky, squeamish; to pamper, to spoil

abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province

variant of 矩[ju3]

surname Pu