Most Common Chinese Characters (page 62)

variant of 彬[bin1]

(char.) implore; plead, pray

(v.) kick, boot

(num./adj.) four (anti-fraud numeral); wanton, unbridled | (char.) (lit.) shop, store

Only in compound words

(n.) sedan chair

(n.) canopy; shed, shanty; ceiling

(char.) weep, sob; tears

(adv.) repeatedly

(adj.) rash, impetuous

surname Qiu

(char.) (refers to phoenix - not used alone)

(v./adv.) overflow, spill; excessively

Only in compound words

(v.) pound, tamp; break, smash; shatter | (v.) (informal) to fail, flop, fall through

(char./m.) sth that is proceeding; measure word for a round trip, a set of wushu movements, bus or train service, or things in a row | (v.) wade, ford (across water)

(n.) (hanging) curtain or screen; flag, banner

(n.) sail; (lit.) sailing boat

(char.) (of birds) perch, roost; dwell, stay

(char.) (of animal, bandits, with a negative meaning) to flee, scurry, run away; make change in wording

(n./m.) pellet; pill; measure word used for pills of Chinese medicine

(v.) chop, cut

(n.) dike

(v.) collapse, fall down; sink; droop; be calm, be free from worry

(v.) (of merchant) to buy and resell, to trade | (char.) seller, monger

(char.) wing-room; railway carriage or compartment; box (in theater); vicinity of a city; side, aspect

(v.) lift (a cover); surge; overthrow, topple; (of strong wind) blow off

(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting

(adj.) well-behaved; quick-witted, bright | (char.) violate, go against; unusual, abnormal

(n.) riddle; (fig.) enigma, mystery, puzzle

(v.) pinch, to press between the thumb and other finger(s); to mold,to mould; to bring together; to fabricate; to clench (fists)

(n.) Yan (Chinese family name, sometimes written as 闫); (lit.) gate of a lane

(n./v.) shore, bank; be close to (waters)

(n./v.) captive, prisoner; (derogatory) enemy, northern nationalities; take prisoner

(char.) spoon | (char.) key (used in 钥匙)

rush | reed | Phragmites communis

(char.) used in the Chinese name of apple (see 苹果)

(v.) unload; unhitch; disassemble; shirk; remove

(char.) natural pond

(char.) (lit.) lock, key | (char.) key