Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
同意	tóngyì	Other	to agree/to consent/to approve
同样	tóngyàng	Adverb	same/equal/equivalent
吓	xià	Other	to frighten/to scare
吓一跳	xiàyītiào	Other	startled/to frighten/scared out of one's skin
否定	fǒudìng	Other	to negate/to deny/to reject/negative (answer)/negation
否认	fǒurèn	Other	to declare to be untrue/to deny
吩咐	fēnfù	Other	to tell/to instruct/to command
听	tīng	Other	to listen to
听 tīng	to listen	Other	我喜欢听音乐。Wǒ xǐhuan tīng yīnyuè.
听见	tīngjiàn	Other	to hear
听说	tīngshuō	Other	to hear (sth said)/one hears (that)/hearsay/listening and speaking
吵架	chǎojià	Other	to quarrel/to have a row/quarrel/CL:頓\|顿[dun4]
吵闹	chǎonào	Other	noisy/raucous/to shout and scream
吸引	xīyǐn	Other	to attract
吸收	xīshōu	Other	to absorb/to assimilate/to ingest/to recruit
吸毒	xīdú	Other	to take drugs
吹	chuī	Other	to blow/to play a wind instrument/to blast/to puff/to boast/to brag/to end in failure/to fall through
呈现	chéngxiàn	Other	to appear/to emerge/to present (a certain appearance)/to demonstrate
告	gào	Other	to say/to tell/to announce/to report/to denounce/to file a lawsuit/to sue
告诉	gàosù	Other	to press charges
告辞	gàocí	Other	to say goodbye/to take one's leave
咬	yǎo	Other	to bite/to nip
咳嗽	késòu	Other	to cough/CL:陣\|阵[zhen4]
响	xiǎng	Other	echo/sound/noise/to make a sound/to sound/to ring/loud/classifier for noises
哭	kū	Other	to cry

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