Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
起床 qǐchuáng	to get up	Other	我每天六点起床。Wǒ měitiān liù diǎn qǐchuáng.
起来	qǐlái	Other	to stand up/to get up/also pr. [qi3 lai2]
起飞	qǐfēi	Other	(of an aircraft) to take off
超出	chāochū	Other	to exceed/to overstep/to go too far/to encroach
超级	chāojí	Other	super-/ultra-/hyper-
超越	chāoyuè	Other	to surpass
超过	chāoguò	Other	to surpass/to exceed/to outstrip
超重	chāozhòng	Other	overweight (baggage, freight)
跌	dié	Other	to fall/to tumble/to trip/(of prices etc) to drop/Taiwan pr. [die2]
跌倒	diédǎo	Other	to tumble/to fall/fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
跑 pǎo	to run	Other	他每天早上跑步。Tā měitiān zǎoshang pǎobù.
跑/跑步	pǎo/pǎobù	Other	to run/to run away/to escape/to run around (on errands etc)/(of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate/(verb complement) away/off
跟	gēn	Preposition	heel/to follow closely/to go with/(of a woman) to marry sb/with/compared with/to/towards/and (joining two nouns)
跪	guì	Other	to kneel
跳	tiào	Other	to jump/to hop/to skip over/to bounce/to palpitate
跳舞	tiàowǔ	Other	to dance
踢	tī	Other	to kick/to play (e.g. soccer)/(slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)
踩	cǎi	Other	to step on/to tread/to stamp/to press a pedal/to pedal (a bike)/(online) to downvote
蹲	dūn	Other	to crouch/to squat/to stay (somewhere)
躲	duǒ	Other	to hide/to dodge/to avoid
躺	tǎng	Other	to recline/to lie down
转	zhuǎn	Other	to turn/to change direction/to transfer/to forward (mail)/(Internet) to share (sb else's content)
辅导	fǔdǎo	Other	to give guidance/to mentor/to counsel/to coach/to tutor
输	shū	Other	to lose
辞职	cízhí	Other	to resign

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