Most Common Chinese Characters (page 57)

(n./v.) pit, hole; tunnel; to entrap, to cheat; (lit.) to bury alive

(char.) path between fields (running east and west); (generally) roads

(adj.) narrow; narrow-minded; badly off, hard up

abbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China | abbr. for Xiangjiang river in Hunan province

(char.) omen; to portend, to foretell | (num.) million; (in ancient times) trillion

(n.) precipice, cliff; (lit.) limit, boundary

(adj.) arrogant, proud; fierce, intense (of the sun); spoiled, favorite

(char.) Buddhist temple | (v.) brake, check, stop

(n.) whip; (also: whip-like object) | (v.) to whip, to flog | (n.) string of firecrackers; staff (ancient weapon)

(n.) awn (of cereals), arista (of grain), tip (of a blade)

(n.) tendon; muscle; veins that stand out under the skin; anything resembling a tendon or vein | (n.) (TCM) sinew

(v.) engage, hire; (spoken Chinese, of women) be married off, get married | (char.) (lit.) visit a state as an envoy; betroth

(n./v.) hook, hooked stroke (of Chinese characters), check mark; to hook, to catch; to crochet; to tick

(n.) stick, rod, staff | (char.) villain, rascal

(v.) shout, yell; (spoken) make an uproar; (dialect) scold | (v.) shout, yell (only used in 嚷嚷)

gland

(n.) bowstring; string or cord (of a musical instrument); spring of a clock; (math) chord, hypotenuse; crescent

(char.) flame

(v.) play; flourish; play (tricks); display, show off

(v.) bend down (one's head); (honorific term) condescend, be willing to... beneath one's station

(char./m.) fraction, very small amounts; centi- (C.); li (units of length, weight, and area, Chinese currency, etc.)

(v./adj./adv.) be dumbfounded, be stupefied; rash, reckless; (oral) willfully, insistently

(char.) tall building, mansion; back veranda, porch | (char.) refers to Xiamen (in Fujian province)

(char.) earnest, sincere | (char.) beseech, beg (not used alone)

(v.) let somebody off, pardon, forgive; give sth extra (without getting anything useful back)

(n.) nail | (v.) follow somebody closely, to urge | (v.) to nail; to sew on (button, etc.)

(char.) few, little; tasteless; widow, widowhood

(v.) regret

(v.) fall; cause to fall and break; hurtle down, plunge; cast, throw

(v.) to fold, to pile up; to repeat

(v.) offend, provoke; incur (sth undesirable); attract, cause

(char.) explain; understand; draw an analogy

(n./v.) music score; fair amount of confidence; airs, haughty manners; to compose (music) | (char.) record for easy reference (in the forms of charts or tables); manual, guide, guidebook

(adj.) ashamed

(char.) bright, brilliant

(char.) badge, emblem; fine, glorious | (char.) Hui (short name for Anhui Province)

(v.) dissolve

(v./n.) to fall, to drop; to weigh down; weight, pendant, hanging object

to terminate | to cut short | to bring to a stop | to squeeze | to tighten | to damage | variant of 殺|杀[sha1]

(n.) a piece of cloth (used as scarf, towel or kerchief) | (radical.) towel