Most Common Chinese Characters (page 55)

(char.) (lit.) be surprised

(v.) tower aloft, raise up; alarm, terrify; shrug (one's shoulders)

(adj.) naked, exposed

(adj./n.) bluish green; green jade

(char.) destroy, devastate

(n.) fuel, firewood; salary

(v.) (of liquids) pour, drench; sprinkle | (v.) to filter or strain | (char.) used in certain disease names

(char.) be ashamed of; shame, disgrace

(n./adj./v.) glue; rubber; gluey, sticky; to stick with glue

(v.) slaughter (animals for food); massacre

(n.) goose

(char.) hungry; have a crop failure

(v.) to expect, to look forward to; to look

(char.) neck

(n.) rainbow

(n.) jade green, emerald

(v.) to collapse; to burst, to break; to blast/explode; (of sth. bursting) to scratch | (v.) (oral) to gun down, to shoot (dead) | (char.) (of an emperor) to die, to pass away

(n.) account; account book; bill, loan

(char.) duckweed

(v.) meet, come upon

(v./n.) to make a profit; to earn (money); (informal) profit | (v.) (lit.) to deceive, to hoax

(v.) to prop, to open, to maintain, to keep up; fill to the point of bursting

(v.) soar, glide; detailed, elaborate

(char.) initiate, instigate, introduce | (char.) (in ancient times) professional singer, dancer or musician; prostitute (same as 娼)

(char.) silk floss; unending, continuous; soft, weak

(n.) monkey | (adj./v.) (dialect) clever, smart; squat (like a monkey)

(adj.) (of plant) withered; (of river or well) dried up | (char.) emaciated, skinny; uninteresting; (dialect) dregs of sesame or soybean

surname Wu | also pr. [Wu2]

bright | clear | manifest | to show clearly

(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken

(char.) deep pool; deep

(v.) run into, encounter; move close to, to approach; gather together

(n.) small stream, brook

(adj.) stupid, foolish, dull

(n.) meditation; anything relating to Buddhism | (v.) abdicate and hand over the crown to another person

(char.) explain, illustrate, expound

(adj.) prosperous, flourishing, vigorous

(char.) reside in, inhabit; residence; to imply, to contain

(n.) rattan, cane; vine

(n./adv.) bandit, robber; (lit.) not