Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
教	jiāo	Other	to teach
教 jiāo	to teach	Other	王老师教我们语法。Wáng lǎoshī jiāo wǒmen yǔfǎ.
教书	jiāoshū	Other	to teach (in a school)
教导	jiàodǎo	Other	to instruct/to teach/guidance/teaching
教育	jiàoyù	Other	to educate/to teach/education
敢	gǎn	Other	to dare/daring/(polite) may I venture
散步	sànbù	Other	to take a walk
数	shǔ	Other	to count/to count as
整理	zhěnglǐ	Other	to arrange/to tidy up/to sort out/to straighten out/to list systematically/to collate (data, files)/to pack (luggage)
斗争	dòuzhēng	Other	a struggle/fight/battle
断	duàn	Other	to break/to snap/to cut off/to give up or abstain from sth/to judge/(usu. used in the negative) absolutely/definitely/decidedly
方	fāng	Other	square/power or involution (math.)/upright/honest/fair and square/direction/side/party (to a contract, dispute etc)/place/method/prescription (medicine)/just wh
旅游	lǚyóu	Other	trip/journey/tourism/travel/tour/to travel
旅行	lǚxíng	Other	to travel/journey
无	wú	Other	not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/-less
日出	rìchū	Other	sunrise
明白	míngbái	Other	clear/obvious/unequivocal/to understand/to realize
是	shì	Other	to be (followed by substantives only)/correct
是 shì	to be	Other	她是老师。Tā shì lǎoshī.
晒	shài	Other	variant of 曬\|晒[shai4]
晴	qíng	Other	clear/fine (weather)
最佳	zuìjiā	Other	optimum/optimal/peak/best (athlete, movie etc)
有	yǒu	Other	to have
有 yǒu	to have	Other	我有一个问题。Wǒ yǒu yí ge wèntí.
服	fú	Other	clothes/dress/garment/to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc)/to obey/to be convinced (by an argument)/to convince/to admire/to acclimatize/to take (m

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