Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
彩色	cǎisè	Other	color/multicolored/CL:種\|种[zhong3]
影响	yǐngxiǎng	Other	influence/effect/to influence/to affect (usually adversely)/to disturb/CL:股[gu3]
待	dài	Other	to wait/to treat/to deal with/to need/going to (do sth)/about to/intending to
得	děi	Other	to have to/must/ought to/to need to
得分	défēn	Other	to score
得到	dédào	Other	to get
得奖	déjiǎng	Other	to win a prize
得罪	dézuì	Other	to commit an offense/to violate the law/excuse me! (formal)/see also 得罪[de2 zui5]
微笑	wéixiào	Other	smile/CL:個\|个[ge4],絲\|丝[si1]/to smile
必须	bìxū	Other	to have to/must/compulsory/necessarily
忍耐	rěnnài	Other	to endure/to bear with/to exercise patience/to restrain oneself/patience/endurance
忘	wàng	Other	to forget/to overlook/to neglect
忘记	wàngjì	Other	to forget
念	niàn	Other	to read/to study (a subject)/to attend (a school)/to read aloud/to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓\|顿[dun4])/to miss (sb)/idea/remembrance/twenty (banker's anti
念书	niànshū	Other	to read/to study
怕	pà	Other	to be afraid/to fear/to dread/to be unable to endure/perhaps
思考	sīkǎo	Other	to reflect on/to ponder over
恋爱	liàn'ài	Other	,場\|场[chang3]/in love/to have an affair
恢复	huīfù	Other	to reinstate/to resume/to restore/to recover/to regain/to rehabilitate
恨	hèn	Other	to hate/to regret
恨不得	hènbùde	Other	wishing one could do sth
恭喜	gōngxǐ	Other	to congratulate/(interj.) congratulations!
惯	guàn	Other	accustomed to/used to/indulge/to spoil (a child)
想	xiǎng	Other	to think (about)/to think of
想 xiǎng	to want, to think	Other	我想休息一下。Wǒ xiǎng xiūxi yíxià.

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