Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
分明	fēnmíng	Adverb	clear/distinct/evidently/clearly
分析	fēnxī	Other	to analyze/analysis
分配	fēnpèi	Other	to distribute/to assign/to allocate/to partition (a hard drive)
创作	chuàngzuò	Other	to create/to produce/to write/creative work/creation
创新	chuàngxīn	Other	to bring forth new ideas
创造	chuàngzào	Other	to create/to bring about/to produce/to set (a record)
初步	chūbù	Adverb	initial/preliminary/tentative
利用	lìyòng	Other	to exploit/to make use of/to use/to take advantage of/to utilize
刮	guā	Other	to scrape/to blow/to shave/to plunder/to extort
到	dào	Other	to reach
到底	dàodǐ	Adverb	finally/in the end/when all is said and done/after all/to the end/to the last
到期	dàoqí	Other	to fall due (loan etc)/to expire (visa etc)/to mature (investment bond etc)
到达	dàodá	Other	to reach
刷(子)/刷	shuā(zi)/shuā	Other	to brush/to paint/to daub/to paste up/to skip class (of students)/to fire from a job
刷卡	shuākǎ	Other	to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
刷牙	shuāyá	Other	to brush one's teeth
刺	cì	Other	thorn/sting/thrust/to prick/to pierce/to stab/to assassinate/to murder
刺激	cìjī	Other	to provoke
刻	kè	Other	quarter (hour)/moment/to carve/to engrave/to cut/oppressive/classifier for short time intervals
剩	shèng	Other	to remain/to be left/to have as remainder
剩下	shèngxià	Other	to remain
剪	jiǎn	Other	/to cut with scissors/to trim/to wipe out or exterminate
割	gē	Other	to cut/to cut apart
办	bàn	Other	to do/to manage/to handle/to go about/to run/to set up/to deal with
办事	bànshì	Other	to handle (affairs)/to work

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