Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
保养	bǎoyǎng	Other	to take good care of (or conserve) one's health/to keep in good repair/to maintain/maintenance
保卫	bǎowèi	Other	to defend/to safeguard
保存	bǎocún	Other	to conserve/to preserve/to keep/to save (a file etc) (computing)
保护	bǎohù	Other	to protect/to defend/to safeguard/protection/CL:種\|种[zhong3]
保持	bǎochí	Other	to keep/to maintain/to hold/to preserve
保留	bǎoliú	Other	to keep/to retain/to have reservations (about sth)/to hold back (from saying sth)/to put aside for later
保证/证	bǎozhèng	Other	guarantee/to guarantee/to ensure/to safeguard/to pledge
保障	bǎozhàng	Other	to ensure/to guarantee/to safeguard
信	xìn	Other	/to trust/to believe/to profess faith in/truthful/confidence/trust/at will/at random
修	xiū	Other	to decorate/to embellish/to repair/to build/to write/to cultivate/to study/to take (a class)
修改	xiūgǎi	Other	to amend/to alter/to modify
修理	xiūlǐ	Other	to repair/to fix/to prune/to trim/(coll.) to sort sb out/to fix sb
倒	dǎo	Other	to fall
借	jiè	Other	to lend/to borrow/by means of/to take (an opportunity)
值得	zhíde	Other	to be worth/to deserve
假装	jiǎzhuāng	Other	to feign/to pretend
做	zuò	Other	to make
做 zuò	to do, to make	Other	她会做饭。Tā huì zuòfàn.
做事	zuòshì	Other	to work/to handle matters/to have a job
做人	zuòrén	Other	to conduct oneself/to behave with integrity
做梦/作梦	zuòmèng	Other	to dream/to have a dream/fig. illusion/fantasy/pipe dream
停	tíng	Other	to stop/to halt/to park (a car)
偷	tōu	Other	to steal/to pilfer/to snatch/thief/stealthily
储存	chúcún	Other	stockpile/to store/to stockpile/storage
储蓄	chúxù	Other	to deposit money/to save/savings

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