Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
祝福	zhùfú	Other	blessings/to wish sb well
离婚	líhūn	Other	to divorce
离开	líkāi	Other	to depart
种	zhòng	Other	to plant/to grow/to cultivate
租	zū	Other	to hire/to rent/to charter/to rent out/to lease out/rent/land tax
称	chēng	Other	to weigh/to state/to name/name/appellation/to praise
穿	chuān	Other	to wear/to put on/to dress/to bore through/to pierce/to perforate/to penetrate/to pass through/to thread
穿 chuān	to wear	Other	今天别穿太少。Jīntiān bié chuān tài shǎo.
站	zhàn	Other	station/to stand/to halt/to stop/branch of a company or organization/website
站 zhàn	to stand	Other	请站这边。Qǐng zhàn zhè biān.
端	duān	Other	end/extremity/item/port/to hold sth level with both hands/to carry/regular
笑	xiào	Other	to laugh
笔试	bǐshì	Other	written examination/paper test (for an applicant)
符合	fúhé	Other	in keeping with/in accordance with/tallying with/in line with/to agree with/to accord with/to conform to/to correspond with/to manage/to handle
等	děng	Other	to wait for
等 děng	to wait	Other	你等我五分钟。Nǐ děng wǒ wǔ fēnzhōng.
等不及	děngbùjí	Other	can't wait
等于	děngyú	Other	to equal/to be tantamount to
等待	děngdài	Other	to wait
答	dá	Other	to answer/to reply/to respond
答应	dāyìng	Other	to answer
签名	qiānmíng	Other	to sign (one's name with a pen etc)/to autograph/signature
算	suàn	Other	to regard as/to figure/to calculate/to compute
管	guǎn	Other	in 管...叫 constructions/writing brush/(coll.) to/towards
管制	guǎnzhì	Other	to control/to restrict/(PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrat

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