Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
办公	bàngōng	Other	to handle official business/to work (esp. in an office)
办理	bànlǐ	Other	to handle
加	jiā	Other	to add/plus/(used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously
加上	jiāshàng	Other	plus/to put in/to add/to add on/to add into/in addition/on top of that
加入	jiārù	Other	to become a member/to join/to mix into/to participate in/to add in
加强	jiāqiáng	Other	to reinforce
加油	jiāyóu	Other	to add oil/to top up with gas/to refuel/to accelerate/to step on the gas/(fig.) to make an extra effort/to cheer sb on
加班	jiābān	Other	to work overtime
动	dòng	Other	, verb
动手	dòngshǒu	Other	to set about (a task)/to hit/to punch/to touch
动身	dòngshēn	Other	to go on a journey/to leave
助	zhù	Other	to help/to assist
包	bāo	Other	,隻\|只[zhi1]
包含	bāohán	Other	to contain/to embody/to include
包括	bāokuò	Other	to comprise/to include/to involve/to incorporate/to consist of
包装	bāozhuāng	Other	to pack/to package/to wrap/packaging
升	shēng	Other	to ascend/to rise to the rank of/to promote/to hoist/liter/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗[dou3]
协助	xiézhù	Other	to provide assistance/to aid
卖	mài	Other	to sell/to betray/to spare no effort/to show off or flaunt
卖 mài	to sell	Other	这家店卖咖啡。Zhè jiā diàn mài kāfēi.
原谅	yuánliàng	Other	to excuse/to forgive/to pardon
去	qù	Other	to go/to go to (a place)/(of a time etc) last/just passed/to send/to remove/to get rid of/to reduce/to be apart from in space or time/to die (euphemism)/to play
去 qù	to go	Other	我们明天去北京。Wǒmen míngtiān qù Běijīng.
去世	qùshì	Other	to pass away/to die
参与	cānyù	Other	to participate (in sth)

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