Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
度	dù	Other	to pass/to spend (time)/measure/limit/extent/degree of intensity/degree (angles, temperature etc)/kilowatt-hour/classifier for events and occurrences
度过/渡过	dùguò	Other	to pass/to spend (time)/to survive/to get through
建立	jiànlì	Other	to establish/to set up/to found
建议	jiànyì	Other	to propose
建设	jiànshè	Other	to build
开	kāi	Other	to open (transitive or intransitive)/(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start/to turn on
开 kāi	to open, to drive	Other	请开门。Qǐng kāi mén.
开会	kāihuì	Other	to hold a meeting/to attend a meeting
开始	kāishǐ	Other	to begin/beginning/to start/initial
开始 kāishǐ	to begin	Other	电影七点开始。Diànyǐng qī diǎn kāishǐ.
开学	kāixué	Other	(of a student) to start school/(of a semester) to begin/(old) to found a school/the start of a new term
开放	kāifàng	Other	to bloom/to open/to be open (to the public)/to open up (to the outside)/to be open-minded/unrestrained by convention/unconstrained in one's sexuality
开玩笑	kāi wánxiào	Other	to play a joke/to make fun of/to joke
开花	kāihuā	Other	to bloom
开车	kāichē	Other	to drive a car
弄	nòng	Other	to do/to manage/to handle/to play with/to fool with/to mess with/to fix/to toy with
引起	yǐnqǐ	Other	to give rise to
强调	qiángdiào	Other	to emphasize (a statement)/to stress
当	dàng	Other	at or in the very same.../suitable/adequate/fitting/proper/to replace/to regard as/to think/to pawn/(coll.) to fail (a student)
当作/当做	dàngzuò	Other	to treat as/to regard as
当选	dāngxuǎn	Other	to be elected/to be selected
录	lù	Other	diary/record/to hit/to copy
录取	lùqǔ	Other	to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam/to admit (a student)/to hire (a job candidate)
录音	lùyīn	Other	to record (sound)/sound recording
形容	xíngróng	Other	to describe/(literary) countenance

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