Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
掉	diào	Other	to fall/to drop/to lag behind/to lose/to go missing/to reduce/fall (in prices)/to lose (value, weight etc)/to wag/to swing/to turn/to change/to exchange/to swap
掌握	zhǎngwò	Other	to grasp (often fig.)/to control/to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny)/to master/to know well/to understand sth well and know how to use it/fluency
排	pái	Other	a row/a line/to set in order/to arrange/to line up/to eliminate/to drain/to push open/platoon/raft/classifier for lines, rows etc
排队	páiduì	Other	to line up
接	jiē	Other	to receive/to answer (the phone)/to meet or welcome sb/to connect/to catch/to join/to extend/to take one's turn on duty/to take over for sb
接受	jiēshòu	Other	to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc)
接触	jiēchù	Other	to touch/to contact/access/in touch with
推	tuī	Other	to push/to cut/to refuse/to reject/to decline/to shirk (responsibility)/to put off/to delay/to push forward/to nominate/to elect/massage
推荐	tuījiàn	Other	to recommend/recommendation
推销	tuīxiāo	Other	to market/to sell
描写	miáoxiě	Other	to describe/to depict/to portray/description
提	tí	Other	to carry (hanging down from the hand)/to lift/to put forward/to mention/to raise (an issue)/upwards character stroke/lifting brush stroke (in painting)/scoop fo
提供	tígōng	Other	to offer/to supply/to provide/to furnish
提到	tídào	Other	to mention/to raise (a subject)/to refer to
提高	tígāo	Other	to raise/to increase/to improve
插	chā	Other	to insert/stick in/pierce/to take part in/to interfere/to interpose
插花	chāhuā	Other	flower arranging/ikebana
握手	wòshǒu	Other	to shake hands
搁	gē	Other	to place/to put aside/to shelve
搓	cuō	Other	to rub or roll between the hands or fingers/to twist
搞	gǎo	Other	to do/to make/to go in for/to set up/to get hold of/to take care of
搬	bān	Other	to move (i.e. relocate oneself)/to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)/to shift/to copy indiscriminately
搬家	bānjiā	Other	to move house
搬运	bānyùn	Other	freight/transport/portage/to transport/to carry
搭	dā	Other	to put up/to build (scaffolding)/to hang (clothes on a pole)/to connect/to join/to arrange in pairs/to match/to add/to throw in (resources)/to take (boat, train

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