Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
演出	yǎnchū	Other	,次[ci4]
演讲	yǎnjiǎng	Other	lecture/to make a speech
炒	chǎo	Other	to sauté
炸	zhá	Other	to deep fry/Taiwan pr. [zha4]
点	diǎn	Other	/dot stroke in Chinese characters/classifier for items
点头	diǎntóu	Other	to nod
点燃	diǎnrán	Other	to ignite/to set on fire/aflame
烤	kǎo	Other	to roast/to bake/to broil
烧	shāo	Other	to burn/to cook/to stew/to bake/to roast/to heat/to boil (tea, water etc)/fever/to run a temperature/(coll.) to let things go to one's head
照	zhào	Preposition	according to/in accordance with/to shine/to illuminate/to reflect/to look at (one's reflection)/to take (a photo)/photo/as requested/as before
照相	zhàoxiàng	Other	to take a photograph
照顾	zhàogù	Other	to take care of/to show consideration/to attend to/to look after
煮	zhǔ	Other	to cook/to boil
熟悉	shóuxī	Other	to be familiar with
熬	áo	Other	to cook on a slow fire/to extract by heating/to decoct/to endure
爆炸	bàozhà	Other	explosion/to explode/to blow up/to detonate
爬	pá	Other	to crawl/to climb/to get up or sit up
爱	ài	Other	to love
爱 ài	to love	Other	他爱他的家人。Tā ài tā de jiārén.
爱好	àihào	Other	to like
爱惜	àixí	Other	to cherish/to treasure/to use sparingly
爱护	àihù	Other	to cherish/to treasure/to take care of/to love and protect
牺牲	xīshēng	Other	to sacrifice one's life/to sacrifice (sth valued)/beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
犯	fàn	Other	to violate/to offend/to assault/criminal/crime/to make a mistake/recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
犯法	fànfǎ	Other	to break the law

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