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Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

Most Common Chinese Verbs is built for learners who want useful Chinese vocabulary in a clean reference format instead of a long, fluffy article.

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WordPinyinTypeMeaningAudio
学习xuéxíOtherto learn/to study
学会xuéhuìOtherto learn/to master/institute/learned society/(scholarly) association
安慰ānwèiOtherto comfort/to console
安排ānpáiOtherto arrange/to plan/to set up/arrangements/plans
安装ānzhuāngOtherto install/to erect/to fix/to mount/installation
wánOtherto finish/to be over/whole/complete/entire
完成wánchéngOtherto complete
定期dìngqíAdverbat set dates/at regular intervals/periodic/limited to a fixed period of time/fixed term
实行shíxíngOtherto implement/to carry out/to put into practice
客满kèmǎnOtherto have a full house/to be sold out/no vacancy
hàiOtherto do harm to/to cause trouble to/harm/evil/calamity
Otherto send/to mail/to entrust/to depend on/to attach oneself to/to live (in a house)/to lodge/foster (son etc)
Otherrich/abundant/wealthy
duìPrepositionright
对付duìfùOtherto handle
对待duìdàiOtherto treat/treatment
对抗duìkàngOtherto withstand/to resist/to stand off/antagonism/confrontation
寻找xúnzhǎoOtherto seek
导演dǎoyǎnOtherto direct/director (film etc)
fēngOtherto confer/to grant/to bestow a title/to seal/classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
封建fēngjiànOthersystem of enfeoffment/feudalism/feudal/feudalistic
尊敬zūnjìngOtherto respect
shǎoOtherfew/less/to lack/to be missing/to stop (doing sth)/seldom
chángOtherto taste
尝试chángshìOtherto try

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