Most Common Chinese Characters (page 75)

(v.) lament, mourn

Only in compound words

(v.) choose, select; pick up

(adj.) (of an expanse of water) vast; distant, vague; tiny

(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children | (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for

to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for | (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved

(char.) discard (by selection)

(char.) (lit.) awe, fear

wife of father's younger brother

phonetic fei or fi | (literary) rich with literary elegance | phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)

to exhale slowly | to hiss | hush!

(v.) to inlay; to edge (by sewing)

old variant of 炕[kang4]

surname Huan

(v.) lie prone; bend over

(v.) to stretch; (of an object) to spring up, to bounce | (v.) pull (a long face), to strain (one's muscle); barely be able to withhold | (v./adv.) to split; (oral Chinese, before certain adjectives) very, terribly

(adj./v.) embarrassed; impoverished; to be in difficulty; to embarrass

surname Xiang

used in 琥珀[hu3 po4]

Only in compound words

to strive for | to struggle | to disregard | to reject

(char.) to use one's discretion, to think over; to pour out (wine); to drink (wine); (lit.) meal with wine or spirits

(char.) muddy; (voice) deep and thick; chaotic, corrupted

(literary) to produce; to foster; to nurture

(char.) shake, make vibrate

(char.) be addicted to, be fond of

(v.) to carry on shoulders; (oral) to undertake independently, to endure | (v.) (lit.) lift or raise with both hands, hold up with both hands

Only in compound words

(v.) knock against something (hard); knock something out of a vessel, container etc.

(v.) stick up, bend upwards, turn upwards, hold up | (char.) to raise (one's head); become warped or twisted; outstanding, out of the common

(n.) trough, groove, gutter

(v.) drip, flow down, shed

fence | also pr. [shan1]

(char.) (lit.) collapse, become dilapidated; decline; dejected, dispirited

(v.) to fumigate, to smoke; to cure (meat) with smoke; to influence | (v./n.) scent; fragrant herb

(literary) translucent stone similar to jade | (literary) luster of jade

(literary) chin; jaw | (literary) to foster; to nurture; to protect

to ponder | to speculate | to consider | to guess

(char.) male (birds, animals or plants)

(v.) sew, stitch, patch; decorate, embellish; put words together correctly