Most Common Chinese Characters (page 69)

fly | musca | CL:隻|只[zhi1]

(v.) to pound with a pestle; to harass, to disturb; to assault

(char./m.) (lit.) short while; just now; (of point of time) about; qing (unit of area)

tiny | insignificant

(adj.) (of situation) hard to deal with; (dialect) embarrassed, awkward

dart-like throwing weapon | goods sent under the protection of an armed escort

(char.) surprised

(char.) (in an embarrassing situation - This character is not used alone)

sulfur (chemistry)

(v.) masticate, chew | (char.) only used in the word 倒嚼 | (char.) to chew (used in 咀嚼 and some other idioms)

(char.) envy, admire

to sink (into ruin, oblivion) | to be reduced to

short name for Shanghai

(char.) free from worries; neglect; spacious, vast | (adj.) loose-fitting (of components, clothes, etc.)

(char.) courteous

(n.) bud, sprout, shoot; bud-shaped thing

raccoon dog | fox-like animal

old variant of 冥[ming2]

(n.) carbon

(v.) to draw back the lips; (dialect) to talk (with a derogatory meaning) | (char.) used in certain words 大大咧咧, 骂骂咧咧, etc. | (par.) (dialect) used in the same way as 了, 啦 and 哩

(char.) alert, watchful

(char.) hot; hot weather; (TCM) summer heat

(phonetic)

(char.) radish; used for various trailing plants

(char.) turbulent, tumultuous

(n./adj.) the smell of fish; fishy | (char.) raw meat, fish

(v.) peep, spy; pry

I (northern dialects)

(n.) deep pool, pond; pit, depression

Only in compound words

Only in compound words

(v.) pick up, gather, collect

(char.) save, rescue, deliver

to faint | to lose consciousness | his | her | its | their

(adj./v.) (of water) transparent, clear; to clarify | (v.) (of liquid) settle, become clear; pour out the liquid (but leave the solid matter in the container)

(char.) wither, fade

(exclamatory or interrogative particle)

(char.) vortex, whirlpool

(char.) overflow, torrent-dash

leisure