Most Common Chinese Characters (page 70)

(char.) to go upstream; to trace the source

scales (of fish, snakes etc)

(v.) make, brew (for wine, beer, honey); to lead to, to result in | (char.) wine

mattress

startled

(v.) (oral) look at

(char.) dusk; (of time) late, towards the end

surname Ya

(v./n.) warn, admonish; commandment

(n.) axe, hatchet; battle-axe (weapon in ancient China)

(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)

(char.) shining, glowing

Only in compound words

(char.) assist, protect, bless

hiss | neigh | Ss! (sound of air sucked between the teeth, indicating hesitation or thinking over)

prostitute

(char.) clamor, noise; make noise

short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]

(v.) delete

cherry

(char.) wait (for the opportunity etc.); spy on, keep watch | (v.) serve (not used alone)

(onom.) buzz | hum | drone

good | beautiful

(n.) thin end of a twig or a narrow thing (seldom used alone) | (n.) conicity, taper; taper ratio (see 锥度)

(n.) dam, dike, embankment | (n.) (dialect) sand beach, sandbank

silkworm

(v.) apply; spread, lay out; suffice

(char.) waves, billows

apricot | (bound form) almond

to pacify | Taiwan pr. [sui1]

(char.) smelt (metal); (lit., of a woman) seductively dressed or made up

Only in compound words

(v.) scratch; hinder; bend, yield

(v.) hug, embrace, hold in one's arms | (v.) rake together, gather up; squeeze (money); tuck up; pull (trigger)

sudden | abrupt | Taiwan pr. [shu4]

surname Nie

(char.) mild, meek; graceful; tactful

(v.) make an uproar, clamor; (of birds, insects, etc.) chirp; (of sounds) noisy, clamorous

to sow grain | (farm) crop

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