Most Common Chinese Characters (page 8)

(n.) eye; small hole; (Go game) trap; unaccented beat (in opera) | (char./m.) salient point; insight; used for wells, springs or cave-dwellings

(n./v.) book; style of calligraphy; document; letter; to write

(adv.) not, contrary to; simply must | (v.) be not | (char.) wrongdoing; to oppose, be contrary to; to blame; (prefix) non-, un-, in-; (referring to) Africa | (radical.) wrong

(char./m.) norm; rule, regulation; (lit.) to imitate; (used for news, writings, etc.) piece, item | (conj.) (indicating sequence) then,...; (indicating cause and effect, condition) (if...,) then...; (indicating contrast)..., while...; (indicating concession) as...as it is | (par.) preceded by 一, 二 or 三, used to list reasons; used as the copula

(v.) listen, hear; obey; allow; hear (a case), administer (state affairs) | (n.) tin, can

(adj.) white, white color; bright | (adv.) in vain; free of charge, without effort | (n.) Bai (a surname) | (radical.) white | (adj.) (of Chinese characters) misspelt, mispronounced | (char.) clear, plain; spoken part (in an opera); vernacular (of classical Chinese); to explain, to state | (v./n.) to stare coldly or contemptuously; white part (of plant, eye, egg, etc.)

(adv.) but, however | (char.) retreat; repel, drive back; refuse; get rid of

(n.) border, boundary

(v.) achieve, arrive | (char.) to extend; to amount to (a number); understand thoroughly; to convey, to express

(n.) light | (adj.) smooth | (v.) to bare, be naked | (char.) scenery, scene; glory; favor, benefit; to glorify | (adj.) be used up, have nothing left | (adv.) only, merely, barely

(v.) to put, to place; to give out, to send out; to dismiss; to pasture; to set off, let off | (v.) to release, to set free; to loan; to enlarge; to lay aside; to cause to fall down; to put in; to readjust oneself | (char.) to play, to show (e.g. music, video, movie...); to let oneself go; to banish; (of flowers) to blossom, to bloom

(adj.) strong, powerful; resolute, steadfast; of a high standard; superior (to); plus | (char.) force, compel; strive, make an effort | (char.) stubborn, unyielding | (char.) to make strong, to strengthen; by force

(adv.) promptly, at once (not used alone) | (char.) to approach; present moment; undertake; prompted by the occasion | (char.) (lit.) that is | (conj.) (lit.) even, even if

(v./n.) resemble, look like; be as..., such as...; image; portrait | (adv.) seemingly

(adj./v.) difficult; put (sb) in a difficult position | (char.) adversity, disaster, catastrophe; to rebuke, to reprove | (char.) bad, unpleasant

(conj./adv.) and; moreover, in addition; while; even; for the time being; (oral) for a long time

(n./adv.) right; power, authority; temporarily, tentatively | (char.) (lit.) steelyard weight; to weigh; expediency; advantaged position

(char.) think, consider; miss; hope, wish; feeling; thinking

(n.) Wang (a surname) | (char.) king; duke, prince; head (of a gang); grand; largest, best or strongest of its kind | (v.) (lit) govern, rule | (radical.) jade

(n.) elephant | (char.) to imitate; appearance, image

(v.) finish; come to an end; fail; run out; pay | (char.) whole, intact

(v./conj.) to set up; to place; to work out; to assume or presume; provided, if, supposing

(char.) style, type, pattern; formula | (char.) standards, norms; ceremony, ritual; (linguistics) mood, mode

(char.) color; look, appearance; scenery | (radical.) colour | (char.) kind, sort; quality (of precious metals); feminine charms; carnal pleasure | (char.) (oral) color; dice

(n./m.) road, route; journey, distance; way; kind, class; (measure word) line, row, bus number

(v./n.) to remember; to write down, to record; birthmark | (char./m.) notes, record; (measure word for action) a... (slap, shot, smash, etc.)

(n.) south; southern region (of China)

(char.) article, product; grade, class; disposition, personality; variety | (v.) sample, savor, taste; appraise, comment; play (pipe instruments)

(v.) live, reside, stay; stop, cease; (after a verb as a complement indicating) a halt or a steadiness; (after a verb as a complement, preceded by "de" or "bu", indicating) being able or unable to reach or meet a standard

(v.) inform, tell; accuse, sue, complain; report (to one's superior); express, show | (char.) to declare or announce something be completed

(n./m.) category, kind, type; type | (char.) to resemble

(v.) beg, ask, request; seek, pursue; require; demand (as opposed to supply); (math) find (out)

(prep.) according to | (char.) used in the word 拮据 | (char.) to depend on; to occupy, to seize; evidence, proof

(n.) rule, order, regulations, journey, procedure, sequence

(n.) north | (char.) (lit.) to be defeated (in a battle)

(n.) side, edge, limit, border, lace | (adv.) at the same time, meanwhile

(v./adj./adv.) die, be dead; fixed, rigid; impassable; irreconcilable; extreme; to the death, desperately; unyieldingly

(m.) piece, sheet (used for photo, paper, drawings, etc.); used for bows; used for human face and mouth; used for tables, beds, etc. | (n.) Zhang (a surname) | (v.) open up, spread, stretch | (char.) to draw; to exaggerate; to display; (of a business) to open; to look; tense, strained

(av.) should, to be somebody's turn to do something | (v./pro.) to owe; this, indicating somebody or something mentioned before, mainly used in formal document | (v.) to deserve, ought to, would (used in exclamatory sentences as an intensifier)

(v.) to hand in, to hand over, to deliver, to pay | (v.) make (friends) with, associate with, meet (good luck) | (v.) to intersect, to join; to cross (e.g. arms) | (char.) traffic; friendship, acquaintance; have intercourse, copulate; contact with each other; mutually; simultaneously