Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
考	kǎo	Other	to check/to verify/to test/to examine/to take an exam/to take an entrance exam for/deceased father
考试	kǎoshì	Other	to take an exam/exam/CL:次[ci4]
耽误	dānwù	Other	to delay/to hold up/to waste time/to interfere with
聊	liáo	Other	to chat/to depend upon (literary)/temporarily/just/slightly
聊天/聊天儿	liáotiān/liáotiānr	Other	to chat/to gossip
聚	jù	Other	to congregate/to assemble/to mass/to gather together/to amass/to polymerize
肯	kěn	Other	to agree
能	néng	Other	can/to be able to/might possibly/ability/(physics) energy
能够	nénggòu	Other	to be capable of/to be able to/can
脱	tuō	Other	to shed/to take off/to escape/to get away from
自杀	zìshā	Other	to kill oneself/to commit suicide/to attempt suicide
花	huā	Other	,支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]/fancy pattern/florid/to spend (money, time)/(coll.) lecherous/lustful
藏	cáng	Other	to conceal/to hide away/to harbor/to store/to collect
补	bǔ	Other	to repair/to patch/to mend/to make up for/to fill (a vacancy)/to supplement
补习	bǔxí	Other	to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor
补偿	bǔcháng	Other	to compensate/to make up
补充	bǔchōng	Other	to replenish/to supplement/to complement/additional/supplementary
补助	bǔzhù	Other	to subsidize/subsidy/allowance
补课	bǔkè	Other	to make up missed lesson/to reschedule a class
表扬	biǎoyáng	Other	to praise/to commend
表演	biǎoyǎn	Other	play/show/performance/exhibition/to perform/to act/to demonstrate/CL:場\|场[chang3]
表现	biǎoxiàn	Other	to show/to show off/to display/to manifest/expression/manifestation/show/display/performance (at work etc)/behavior
表示	biǎoshì	Other	(of sb) to express
表达	biǎodá	Other	to express
裁员	cáiyuán	Other	to cut staff/to lay off employees

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