Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
发表	fābiǎo	Other	to issue/to publish
发觉	fājué	Other	to become aware/to detect/to realize/to perceive
发言	fāyán	Other	to make a speech/statement/utterance
发财	fācái	Other	to get rich
发起	fāqǐ	Other	to originate/to initiate/to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)/to start/to propose sth (for the first time)
发音	fāyīn	Other	to pronounce/pronunciation/to emit sound
取代	qǔdài	Other	to replace/to supersede/to supplant/(chemistry) substitution
受伤	shòushāng	Other	to sustain injuries/wounded (in an accident etc)/harmed
受得了	shòudeliǎo	Other	to put up with
变	biàn	Other	to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion
变动	biàndòng	Other	to change/to fluctuate/change/fluctuation
变成	biànchéng	Other	to change into/to turn into/to become
变更	biàngēng	Other	to change/to alter/to modify
古	gǔ	Other	ancient/old/paleo-
叫	jiào	Other	to shout/to call/to order/to ask/to be called/by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
可	kě	Adverb	(prefix) can
可以	kěyǐ	Other	can/may/possible/able to/not bad/pretty good
可能	kěnéng	Other	might (happen)/possible/probable/possibility/probability/maybe/perhaps
吃	chī	Other	to eat
吃 chī	to eat	Other	他在吃面。Tā zài chī miàn.
吃喝玩乐	chīhēwánlè	Other	to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)/to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
各式各样	gèshìgèyàng	Other	(of) all kinds and sorts/various
合唱	héchàng	Other	chorus/to chorus
吊	diào	Other	to suspend/to hang up/to hang a person
同情	tóngqíng	Other	to sympathize with/sympathy

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