Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
达到	dádào	Other	to reach
达成	dáchéng	Other	to reach (an agreement)/to accomplish
过	guò	Other	to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/excessively/too-
过世	guòshì	Other	to die/to pass away
过去	guòqù	Other	(in the) past
过年	guònián	Other	to celebrate the Chinese New Year
过日子	guòrìzi	Other	to live one's life/to pass one's days/to get along
过期	guòqí	Other	to be overdue/to exceed the time limit/to expire (as in expiration date)
过渡	guòdù	Other	to cross over (by ferry)/transition/interim/caretaker (administration)
过滤	guòlǜ	Other	to filter/filter
过节	guòjié	Other	to celebrate a festival/after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
运动	yùndòng	Other	to move/to exercise/sports/exercise/motion/movement/campaign/CL:場\|场[chang3]
返回	fǎnhuí	Other	to return to/to come (or go) back
还	huán	Other	to pay back/to return
进	jìn	Other	to go forward/to advance/to go in/to enter/to put in/to submit/to take in/to admit/(math.) base of a number system/classifier for sections in a building or resi
进步	jìnbù	Other	progress
进行	jìnxíng	Other	to advance/to conduct/underway/in progress/to do/to carry out/to carry on/to execute
连	lián	Conjunction	, 都[dou1] etc) even/company (military)
连络/联络	liánluò	Other	to get in touch with/to contact/to stay in contact (with)/liaison/(math.) connection
迟	chí	Other	late/delayed/slow
迟到	chídào	Other	to arrive late
迷路	mílù	Other	to lose the way/lost/labyrinth/labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)
追求	zhuīqiú	Other	to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly/to seek after/to woo
退休	tuìxiū	Other	to retire (from the workforce)
退步	tuìbù	Other	to do less well than before/to make a concession/setback/backward step/leeway/room to maneuver/fallback

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