Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
摆	bǎi	Other	to arrange/to exhibit/to move to and fro/a pendulum
摆脱	bǎituō	Other	to break away from/to cast off (old ideas etc)/to get rid of/to break away (from)/to break out (of)/to free oneself from/to extricate oneself
摘	zhāi	Other	to take
摸	mō	Other	to feel with the hand/to touch/to stroke/to grope/to steal/to abstract
撑	chēng	Other	to support/to prop up/to push or move with a pole/to maintain/to open or unfurl/to fill to bursting point/brace/stay/support
播	bò	Other	to sow/to scatter/to spread/to broadcast/Taiwan pr. [bo4]
操作	cāozuò	Other	to work/to operate/to manipulate
擦	cā	Other	to rub
收	shōu	Other	to receive/to accept/to collect/to put away/to restrain/to stop/in care of (used on address line after name)
改	gǎi	Other	to change/to alter/to transform/to correct
改变	gǎibiàn	Other	to change/to alter/to transform
改善	gǎishàn	Other	to make better
改正	gǎizhèng	Other	to correct/to amend/to put right/correction
改进	gǎijìn	Other	to improve
改造	gǎizào	Other	to transform/to reform/to remodel/to remold
改革	gǎigé	Other	,種\|种[zhong3],項\|项[xiang4]/to reform
放	fàng	Other	to put/to place/to release/to free/to let go/to let out/to set off (fireworks)
放假	fàngjià	Other	to have a holiday or vacation
放大	fàngdà	Other	to enlarge/to magnify
放学	fàngxué	Other	to dismiss students at the end of the school day
放弃	fàngqì	Other	to renounce
放心	fàngxīn	Other	to feel relieved/to feel reassured/to be at ease
放手	fàngshǒu	Other	to let go one's hold/to give up/to have a free hand
救	jiù	Other	to save/to assist/to rescue
救命	jiùmìng	Other	to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!

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