Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
尽	jìn	Other	to use up/to exhaust/to end/to finish/to the utmost/exhausted/finished/to the limit (of sth)/all/entirely
居住	jūzhù	Other	to reside/to dwell/to live in a place/resident in
崇拜	chóngbài	Other	to worship/adoration
工作	gōngzuò	Other	,份[fen4],項\|项[xiang4]
工作 gōngzuò	to work	Other	他在银行工作。Tā zài yínháng gōngzuò.
左右	zuǒyòu	Other	left and right/nearby/approximately/attendant/to control/to influence
差	chà / chā	Other	difference
布/布置	bùzhì	Other	to put in order/to arrange/to decorate/to fix up/to deploy
希望	xīwàng	Other	to hope/a hope
带	dài	Other	/to wear/to carry/to take along/to bear (i.e. to have)/to lead/to bring/to look after/to raise
带动	dàidòng	Other	to spur
带来	dàilái	Other	to bring/(fig.) to bring about
带路	dàilù	Other	to lead the way
带领	dàilǐng	Other	to guide/to lead
帮	bāng	Other	to help/to assist/to support/for sb (i.e. as a help)/hired (as worker)/side (of pail, boat etc)/outer layer/upper (of a shoe)/group/gang/clique/party/secret soc
帮助	bāngzhù	Other	assistance
帮助 bāngzhù	to help	Other	谢谢你帮助我。Xièxie nǐ bāngzhù wǒ.
帮忙	bāngmáng	Other	to help/to lend a hand/to do a favor/to do a good turn
干	gān	Other	dry/dried food/empty
干嘛	gànma	Adverb	what are you doing?/whatever for?/why on earth?
干杯	gānbēi	Other	to drink a toast/Cheers! (proposing a toast)/Here's to you!/Bottoms up!/lit. dry cup
广告	guǎnggào	Other	to advertise/a commercial/advertisement/CL:項\|项[xiang4]
广播	guǎngbò	Other	broadcast/broadcasting/to broadcast/(formal) to propagate/to publicize
庆祝	qìngzhù	Other	to celebrate
应该/应	yīnggāi/yīng	Other	to agree (to do sth)/should/ought to/must/(legal) shall

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