Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
犯罪	fànzuì	Other	to commit a crime/crime
犯错	fàncuò	Other	to err/to make a mistake/to do the wrong thing
猜	cāi	Other	to guess
玩	wán	Other	)/to keep sth for entertainment
理解	lǐjiě	Other	to comprehend
生	shēng	Other	to be born/to give birth/life/to grow/raw/uncooked/student
生产	shēngchǎn	Other	to produce
生气	shēngqì	Other	to get angry/to take offense/angry/vitality/liveliness
生活	shēnghuó	Other	to live/life/livelihood
生病	shēngbìng	Other	to fall ill
用	yòng	Other	to use/to employ/to have to/to eat or drink/expense or outlay/usefulness/hence/therefore
用 yòng	to use	Other	我用电脑工作。Wǒ yòng diànnǎo gōngzuò.
电动	diàndòng	Other	electric-powered/(Tw) video game
画/画儿	huà/huàr	Other	to draw
留	liú	Other	to leave (a message etc)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve
留学	liúxué	Other	to study abroad
留言	liúyán	Other	to leave a message
疯	fēng	Other	insane/mad/wild
病	bìng	Other	/disease/to fall ill/defect
登	dēng	Other	to scale (a height)/to ascend/to mount/to publish or record/to enter (e.g. in a register)/to press down with the foot/to step or tread on/to put on (shoes or tr
登山	dēngshān	Other	to climb a mountain/climbing/mountaineering
登记	dēngjì	Other	to register (one's name)
盖	gài	Other	lid/top/cover/canopy/to cover/to conceal/to build
盯	dīng	Other	to watch attentively/to fix one's attention on/to stare at/to gaze at
相信	xiāngxìn	Other	to be convinced (that sth is true)

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