Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
减	jiǎn	Other	to lower/to decrease/to reduce/to subtract/to diminish
减少	jiǎnshǎo	Other	to lessen
减轻	jiǎnqīng	Other	to lighten/to ease/to alleviate
凑	còu	Other	to gather together, pool or collect/to happen by chance/to move close to/to exploit an opportunity
出	chū	Other	to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put forth/to happen/(used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)/
出事	chūshì	Other	to have an accident/to meet with a mishap
出产	chūchǎn	Other	to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc)/to yield/to turn out/produce/products
出发	chūfā	Other	to set off/to start (on a journey)
出口	chūkǒu	Other	an exit/to speak/to export/(of a ship) to leave port
出售	chūshòu	Other	to sell/to offer for sale/to put on the market
出境	chūjìng	Other	to leave a country or region/outbound (tourism)
出差	chūchāi	Other	to go on an official or business trip
出席	chūxí	Other	to attend/to participate/present
出版	chūbǎn	Other	to publish
出现	chūxiàn	Other	to appear/to arise/to emerge/to show up
出生	chūshēng	Other	to be born
出租	chūzū	Other	to rent
出身	chūshēn	Other	to be born of/to come from/family background/class origin
出门	chūmén	Other	to go out/to leave home/to go on a journey/away from home/(of a woman) to get married
出院	chūyuàn	Other	to leave hospital/to be discharged from hospital
分享	fēnxiǎng	Other	to share (let others have some of sth good)
分别	fēnbié	Adverb	to part
分工	fēngōng	Other	to divide up the work/division of labor
分开	fēnkāi	Other	to separate/to part
分手	fēnshǒu	Other	to part company/to split up/to break up

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