Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
填	tián	Other	to fill or stuff/(of a form etc) to fill in
增加/增	zēngjiā/zēng	Other	(bound form) to increase
处	chǔ	Other	to reside/to live/to dwell/to be in/to be situated at/to stay/to get along with/to be in a position of/to deal with/to discipline/to punish
处理	chǔlǐ	Other	to handle
处罚	chǔfá	Other	to penalize/to punish
备	bèi	Other	(bound form) to prepare
复习	fùxí	Other	variant of 復習\|复习[fu4 xi2]
复制	fùzhì	Other	to duplicate/to make a copy of/to copy/to reproduce/to clone
多	duō	Adverb	many
多谢	duōxiè	Other	many thanks/thanks a lot
够	gòu	Other	enough (sufficient)/enough (too much)/(coll.) (before adj.) really/(coll.) to reach by stretching out
大型	dàxíng	Other	large/large-scale
大有	dàyǒu	Other	)/(literary) bumper harvest
大致	dàzhì	Adverb	more or less
失去	shīqù	Other	to lose
失恋	shīliàn	Other	to lose one's love/to break up (in a romantic relationship)/to feel jilted
夺	duó	Other	to seize/to take away forcibly/to wrest control of/to compete or strive for/to force one's way through/to leave out/to lose
奋斗	fèndòu	Other	to strive
奔	bēn	Other	to hurry/to rush/to run quickly/to elope
奔跑	bēnpǎo	Other	to run
姓	xìng	Other	family name/surname/to be surnamed
存	cún	Other	to exist/to deposit/to store/to keep/to survive
存在	cúnzài	Other	to exist/to be/existence
学	xué	Other	to learn/to study/to imitate/science/-ology
学 xué	to study, to learn	Other	她学汉语。Tā xué Hànyǔ.

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