The 1500 Most Common Chinese Characters
Here is a list of the 1500 most common Chinese characters, these are also studied at the different HSK levels.
- 的dedí really and trulydì (bound form) bull's-eye; targetde of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songsdī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1shi4])
- 一yīyī one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 是shìshì variant of 是[shi4]
- 不bùbù no; not so; (bound form) not; un-; variant of 不 / (negative prefix) / not / no
- 了liǎoliǎo (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearlyle (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)liào unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
- 在zàizài to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 人rénrén person; people; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 有yǒuyǒu to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
- 我wǒwǒ I; me; my
- 他tātā (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his; (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日[ta1ri4] and 他人[ta1ren2])
- 这zhèzhè (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)
- 个gègè variant of 個|个[ge4]
- 们menmen plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
- 中zhōngzhōng within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all rightzhòng to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer; to win (a prize, a lottery)
- 来láilái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
- 上shàngshàng (bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above
- 大dàdài see 大夫[dai4 fu5]dà big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 为wèiwéi variant of 為|为[wei2]wèi variant of 為|为[wei4]
- 和héhè to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with othershú to complete a set in mahjong or playing cardshé (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2])huó to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]huò to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
- 国guóguó country; nation; state; (bound form) national
- 地dedì earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]de -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- 到dàodào to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 以yǐyǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 说shuìshuì to persuadeshuō variant of 說|说[shuo1]
- 时shíshí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 要yāoyāo (bound form) to demand; to coerceyào to want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should; if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5]); (bound form) important
- 就jiùjiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 出chūchū variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
- 会huìhuì can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])kuài (bound form) to reckon accounts
- 可kěkè used in 可汗[ke4 han2]kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however
- 也yěyě also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 你nǐnǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 对duìduì right; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding; to treat (sb a certain way); to face; (bound form) opposite; facing; matching; to match together; to adjust; to fit; to suit; to answer; to reply; to add; to pour in (a fluid); to check; to compare; classifier: couple; pair
- 生shēngshēng to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student
- 能néngnéng can; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 而érér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 子zǐzǐ son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-zi (noun suffix)
- 那nànà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)nā surname Na
- 得dédé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedde structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etcděi to have to; must; ought to; to need to
- 于yúyú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 着zhézhé to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to applyzháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inzhuó to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyzhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing statezhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- 下xiàxià down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 自zìzì (bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 之zhīzhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him; her; it
- 年niánnián grain; harvest (old); variant of 年[nian2]
- 过guòguò to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-guo (experienced action marker)
- 发fāfà hair; Taiwan pr. [fa3]fā to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- 后hòuhòu back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
- 作zuòzuò to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
- 里lǐlǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 用yòngyòng to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore
- 道dàodào road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 行hángháng row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) columnxíng to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sensexìng behavior / conduct
- 所suǒsuǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 然ránrán correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly
- 家jiājiā home; family; (polite) my (sister, uncle etc); classifier for families or businesses; refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China; noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 种zhǒngzhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortszhòng to plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 事shìshì matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
- 成chéngchéng to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 方fāngfāng square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
- 多duōduō many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 经jīngjīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
- 么meme variant of 麼|么[me5]má exclamatory final particlema interrogative final particleyāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shoutyāo youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes; variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
- 去qùqù 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 (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 法fǎfǎ old variant of 法[fa3]; law
- 学xuéxué to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
- 如rúrú as; as if; such as
- 都dōudōu all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at alldū capital city; metropolis
- 同tóngtòng see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with
- 现xiànxiàn to appear; present; now; existing; current
- 当dāngdàng at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)dāng to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 没méiméi (negative prefix for verbs) have not; notmò drowned; to end; to die; to inundate
- 动dòngdòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 面miànmiàn flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- 起qǐqǐ to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group
- 看kānkān to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardkàn to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 定dìngdìng to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 天tiāntiān day; sky; heaven
- 分fēnfèn part; share; ingredient; componentfēn to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); 0.01 yuan (unit of money)
- 还háihuán to pay back; to returnhái still; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; else
- 进jìnjìn 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 residential compound
- 好hǎohǎo good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hellohào to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to
- 小xiǎoxiǎo small; tiny; few; young
- 部bùbù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
- 其qíqí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 些xiēxiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
- 主zhǔzhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
- 样yàngyàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type
- 理lǐlǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 心xīnxīn heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 她tātā she
- 本běnběn (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 前qiánqián front; forward; ahead; first; top (followed by a number); future; ago; before; BC (e.g. 前293年); former; formerly
- 开kāikāi to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
- 但dàndàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just
- 因yīnyīn cause; reason; because
- 只zhīzhǐ variant of 只[zhi3]zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc
- 从zòngcóng from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestorcōng lax; yielding; unhurriedzòng second cousin
- 想xiǎngxiǎng to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 实shíshí real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
- 日rìrì sun; day; date, day of the month
- 军jūnjūn (bound form) army; military
- 者zhězhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this
- 意yìyì idea; meaning; thought; to think; wish; desire; intention; to expect; to anticipate
- 无wúwú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- 力lìlì power; force; strength; ability; strenuously
- 它tātā it (pronoun for an animal)
- 与yúyú variant of 歟|欤[yu2]yǔ and; to give; together withyù to take part in
- 长zhǎngcháng length; long; forever; always; constantlyzhǎng chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
- 把bǎbǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})bà handle
- 机jījī (bound form) machine; mechanism; (bound form) aircraft; (bound form) an opportunity; (bound form) crucial point; pivot; (bound form) quick-witted; flexible; (bound form) organic
- 十shíshí ten; 10; numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1zhou1 ma3zi5]
- 民mínmín (bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
- 第dìdì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just
- 公gōnggōng public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 此cǐcǐ this; these
- 已yǐyǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards
- 工gōnggōng work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor
- 使shǐshǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 情qíngqíng (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
- 明míngmíng bright; opposite: dark 暗[an4]; (of meaning) clear; to understand; next; public or open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods
- 性xìngxìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 知zhīzhī to know; to be aware
- 全quánquán all; whole; entire; every; complete
- 三sānsān three; 3
- 又yòuyòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 关guānguān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve
- 点diǎndiǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1]; dot stroke in Chinese characters; classifier for items
- 正zhēngzhēng first month of the lunar yearzhèng straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive
- 业yèyè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already
- 外wàiwài outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 将jiāngjiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])qiāng to desire; to invite; to requestjiàng (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 两liǎngliǎng two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 高gāogāo high; tall; above average; loud; your (honorific)
- 间jiānjiàn gap; to separate; to thin out (seedlings); to sow discontentjiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
- 由yóuyóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 问wènwèn to ask; to inquire
- 很hěnhěn very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 最zuìzuì most; the most; -est (superlative suffix)
- 重chóngchóng to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerzhòng heavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 并bìngbìng variant of 並|并[bing4]
- 物wùwù (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 手shǒushǒu hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 应yīngyīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shallyìng to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with
- 战zhànzhàn to fight; fight; war; battle
- 向xiàngxiàng variant of 向[xiang4]; direction; orientation; to face; to turn toward; to; towards; shortly before; formerly
- 头tóutóu head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4]tou suffix for nouns
- 文wénwén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67
- 体tǐtǐ body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)
- 政zhèngzhèng political; politics; government
- 美měiměi beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
- 相xiāngxiāng each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])xiàng appearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- 见jiànxiàn to appear; also written 現|现[xian4]jiàn to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
- 被bèibèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu:3you2] to "go on a trip")
- 利lìlì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit
- 什shénshí ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneousshén what
- 二èrèr two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 等děngděng to wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.; (bound form) class; rank; grade; (bound form) equal to; same as; (used to end an enumeration); (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun)
- 产chǎnchǎn variant of 產|产[chan3]
- 或huòhuò maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or
- 新xīnxīn new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 己jǐjǐ self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- 制zhìzhì to manufacture; to make
- 身shēnshēn body; life; oneself; personally; one's morality and conduct; the main part of a structure or body; pregnant; classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset; Kangxi radical 158
- 果guǒguǒ variant of 果[guo3]; fruit
- 加jiājiā 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 mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth)
- 西xīxī west
- 斯sīsī (phonetic); this
- 月yuèyuè moon; month; monthly; CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- 话huàhuà old variant of 話|话[hua4]
- 合héhé variant of 合[he2]
- 回huíhuí variant of 迴|回[hui2]
- 特tété special / unique / distinguished / especially / unusual / verytè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 特克斯[te4 ke4 si1], tex
- 代dàidài to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- 内nèinèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- 信xìnxìn letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random
- 表biǎobiǎo watch (timepiece); meter; gauge
- 化huàhuà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- 老lǎolǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough; unicode compatibility variant of 老
- 给gěijǐ to supply; to providegěi to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- 世shìshì life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble
- 位wèiwèi position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
- 次cìcì next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- 度dùduó to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]dù to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences
- 门ménmén gate; door; CL:扇[shan4]; gateway; doorway; CL:個|个[ge4]; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
- 任rènrèn to assign; to appoint; to take up a post; office; responsibility; to let; to allow; to give free rein to; no matter (how, what etc); classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
- 常chángcháng always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- 先xiānxiān beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 海hǎihǎi ocean; sea; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous
- 教jiāojiāo to teachjiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell
- 儿rr non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex finalér child; son
- 原yuányuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source
- 东dōngdōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
- 声shēngshēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
- 提títí to carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift; to put forward; to mention; to raise (an issue); upwards character stroke; lifting brush stroke (in painting); scoop for measuring liquid
- 立lìlì to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- 及jíjí and; to reach; up to; in time for
- 比bǐbì to associate with; to be nearbǐ to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)bī euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1]
- 员yuányuán (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity; (bound form) member; classifier for military generals
- 解jiěxiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old); variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old)jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissectionjiè to transport under guard
- 水shuǐshuǐ water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment
- 名míngmíng name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 真zhēnzhēn really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
- 论lùnlún abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius)lùn opinion; view; theory; doctrine; to discuss; to talk about; to regard; to consider; per; by the (kilometer, hour etc)
- 处chǔchǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punishchù (bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, point
- 走zǒuzǒu to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]); to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 义yìyì justice; righteousness; meaning; foster (father etc); adopted; artificial (tooth, limb etc); relationship; friendship
- 各gègè each; every
- 入rùrù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1]; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
- 几jījī almostjǐ how much; how many; several; a few
- 口kǒukǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls
- 认rènrèn to recognize; to know; to admit
- 条tiáotiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 平píngpíng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1]
- 系xìxì to connect; to arrest; to worryjì to tie; to fasten; to button up
- 气qìqì gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
- 题títí topic; problem for discussion; exam question; subject; to inscribe; to mention; CL:個|个[ge4],道[dao4]
- 活huóhuó to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 尔ěrěr thus; so; like that; you; thou
- 更gēnggēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)gèng more; even more; further; still; still more
- 别biébié to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性別|性别[xing4 bie2], 派別|派别[pai4 bie2])biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc
- 打dádǎ to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; fromdá (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]
- 女nǚnǚ female; woman; daughter
- 变biànbiàn to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion
- 四sìsì four; 4
- 神shénshén god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- 总zǒngzǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 何héhé what; how; why; which; carry
- 电diàndiàn lightning; electricity; electric (bound form); to get (or give) an electric shock; phone call or telegram etc; to send via telephone or telegram etc
- 数shǔshuò (literary) frequently; repeatedlyshù number; figure; several; a fewshǔ to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
- 安ānān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2])
- 少shǎoshǎo few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldomshào young
- 报bàobào to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for; to register for (abbr. for 報名|报名[bao4ming2]); to reward; to recompense; to take revenge; to retaliate; newspaper; periodical; journal; bulletin; telegram
- 才cáicái (variant of 才[cai2]) just now; (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only
- 结jiéjiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jie2]jié knot; sturdy; bond; to tie; to bind; to check out (of a hotel)
- 反fǎnfǎn contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- 受shòushòu to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom
- 目mùmù eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]); item; section; list; catalogue; (taxonomy) order; name; title
- 太tàitài highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 量liángliàng capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure wordliáng to measure
- 再zàizài again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4ze2], 再就是[zai4jiu4shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 感gǎngǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~
- 建jiànjiàn to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct
- 务wùwù affair; business; matter; to be engaged in; to attend to; by all means
- 做zuòzuò to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 接jiējiē to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one's turn on duty; to take over for sb
- 必bìbì certainly; must; will; necessarily
- 场chǎngcháng variant of 場|场[chang2]chǎng variant of 場|场[chang3]
- 件jiànjiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc
- 计jìjì to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge
- 管guǎnguǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards
- 期qīqī a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- 市shìshì market; city; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 直zhízhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- 德dédé variant of 德[de2]
- 资zīzī resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense
- 命mìngmìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
- 山shānshān mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
- 金jīnjīn gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 指zhǐzhǐ finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- 克kèkè variant of 剋|克[ke4]kēi to scold; to beat
- 许xǔxǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps
- 统tǒngtǒng to gather; to unite; to unify; whole
- 区qūqū area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]ōu surname Ou
- 保bǎobǎo to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system
- 至zhìzhì to arrive; most; to; until
- 队duìduì squadron; team; group; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 形xíngxíng to appear; to look; form; shape
- 社shèshè (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
- 便biànpián used in 便宜[pian2yi5]; used in 便便[pian2pian2]; used in 便嬛[pian2xuan1]biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards
- 空kōngkōng empty; air; sky; in vainkòng to empty; vacant; unoccupied; space; leisure; free time
- 决juéjué to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly
- 治zhìzhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- 展zhǎnzhǎn to spread out; to open up; to exhibit; to put into effect; to postpone; to prolong; exhibition
- 马mǎmǎ horse; CL:匹[pi3]; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
- 科kēkē branch of study; administrative section; division; field; branch; stage directions; family (taxonomy); rules; laws; to mete out (punishment); to levy (taxes etc); to fine sb; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 司sīsī to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)
- 五wǔwǔ five; 5
- 基jījī (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
- 眼yǎnyǎn eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- 书shūshū book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to write
- 非fēifēi to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 则zézé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 听tīngyǐn smile (archaic)tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule; to sentence; to allowtīng to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 白báibái white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera
- 却quèquè but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 界jièjiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- 达dádá to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent
- 光guāngguāng light; ray (CL:道[dao4]); bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- 放fàngfàng to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- 强qiángqiáng variant of 強|强[qiang2]qiǎng variant of 強|强[qiang3]jiàng variant of 強|强[jiang4]
- 即jíjí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near
- 像xiàngxiàng to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 难nánnán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not goodnàn disaster; distress; to scold
- 且qiěqiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...)
- 权quánquán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary
- 思sīsī to think; to consider
- 王wángwáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; greatwàng (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 象xiàngxiàng elephant; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; shape; form; appearance; to imitate
- 完wánwán to finish; to be over; whole; complete; entire
- 设shèshè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if
- 式shìshì type; form; pattern; style
- 色sèsè color; CL:種|种[zhong3]; look; appearance; sexshǎi (coll.) color; used in 色子[shai3zi5]
- 路lùlù road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- 记jìjì to record; to note; to memorize; to remember; mark; sign; classifier for blows, kicks, shots
- 南nánnán south
- 品pǐnpǐn (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
- 住zhùzhù to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
- 告gàogào (bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue
- 类lèilèi kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- 求qiúqiú to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech
- 据jùjù according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- 程chéngchéng rule; order; regulations; formula; journey; procedure; sequence
- 北běiběi north; (classical) to be defeated
- 边bianbiān side; edge; margin; border; boundary; CL:個|个[ge4]; simultaneouslybian suffix of a noun of locality
- 死sǐsǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 张zhāngzhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes
- 该gāigāi should; ought to; probably; must be; to deserve; to owe; to be sb's turn to do sth; that; the above-mentioned
- 交jiāojiāo to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; (of lines) to intersect; variant of 跤[jiao1]
- 规guīguī compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- 万wànwàn ten thousand; a great number
- 取qǔqǔ to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 拉lālā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- 格gégé square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively
- 望wàngwàng 15th day of month (lunar calendar); old variant of 望[wang4]
- 觉jiàojué to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; awarejiào a nap; a sleep; CL:場|场[chang2]
- 术zhúzhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lanceashù method; technique
- 领lǐnglǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc
- 共gònggòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共產黨|共产党[Gong4 chan3 dang3], Communist party
- 确quèquè authenticated; solid; firm; real; true
- 传chuánzhuàn biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay stationchuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)
- 师shīshī teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops
- 观guānguān to look at; to watch; to observe; to behold; to advise; concept; point of view; outlookguàn Taoist monastery; palace gate watchtower; platform
- 清qīngqīng (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts)
- 今jīnjīn now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)
- 切qiēqiē to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangentialqiè definitely; absolutely (not); (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!; to grind; (bound form) close to; (bound form) eager; to correspond to; (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
- 院yuànyuàn courtyard; institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 让ràngràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 识shíshí to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. [shi4]zhì to record; to write a footnote
- 候hòuhòu to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
- 带dàidài band; belt; girdle; ribbon; tire; area; zone; region; CL:條|条[tiao2]; to wear; to carry; to take along; to bear (i.e. to have); to lead; to bring; to look after; to raise
- 导dǎodǎo to transmit; to lead; to guide; to conduct; to direct
- 争zhēngzhēng to strive for; to vie for; to argue or debate; deficient or lacking (dialect); how or what (literary)
- 运yùnyùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- 笑xiàoxiào to laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 飞fēifēi to fly
- 风fēngfēng wind; news; style; custom; manner; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
- 步bùbù a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation
- 改gǎigǎi to change; to alter; to transform; to correct
- 收shōushōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name)
- 根gēngēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
- 干gāngān (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian gan1]; (archaic) shieldgàn tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed
- 造zàozào to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops
- 言yányán words; speech; to say; to talkyán "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149); see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2]
- 联liánlián (bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join; (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet
- 持chíchí to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- 组zǔzǔ to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries
- 每měiměi each; every
- 济jìjì to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
- 车chējū war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)chē car; vehicle; CL:輛|辆[liang4]; machine; to shape with a lathe; Kangxi radical 159
- 亲qīnqìng parents-in-law of one's offspringqīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear
- 极jíjí extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top
- 林línlín (bound form) woods; forest; (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people); (bound form) a collection (of similar things)
- 服fúfù classifier for medicine: dose; Taiwan pr. [fu2]fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes
- 快kuàikuài rapid; quick; speed; rate; soon; almost; to make haste; clever; sharp (of knives or wits); forthright; plainspoken; gratified; pleased; pleasant
- 办bànbàn to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with
- 议yìyì to comment on; to discuss; to suggest
- 往wǎngwǎng old variant of 往[wang3]wàng to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous
- 元yuányuán currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); (bound form) first; original; primary; (bound form) basic; fundamental; (bound form) constituent; part; (prefix) meta-; (math.) argument; variable; era (of a reign); (Tw) (geology) eon
- 英yīngyīng hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom
- 士shìshì member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker
- 证zhèngzhèng certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of 症[zheng4]
- 近jìnjìn near; close to; approximately
- 失shīshī to lose; to miss; to fail
- 转zhuǎnzhuǎn to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (Internet) to share (sb else's content)zhuàn to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions
- 夫fūfú (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)fū husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)
- 令lìnglìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poemlǐng classifier for a ream of paper
- 准zhǔnzhǔn accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-
- 布bùbù cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
- 始shǐshǐ to begin; to start; then; only then
- 怎zěnzěn how
- 呢nene particle indicating that a previously asked question is to be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?"); particle for inquiring about location ("Where is ...?"); particle signaling a pause, to emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?"); (at the end of a declarative sentence) particle indicating continuation of a state or action; particle indicating strong affirmationnī this (Cantonese) / see also 哩[li1]ní dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)
- 存cúncún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive
- 未wèiwèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 远yuǎnyuǎn far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)yuàn to distance oneself from (classical)
- 叫jiàojiào variant of 叫[jiao4]
- 台táitái typhoon
- 单chándān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number; CL:個|个[ge4]shàn surname Shanchán used in 單于|单于[chan2yu2]
- 影yǐngyǐng picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
- 具jùjù tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
- 罗luōluō gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to siftluó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift
- 字zìzì letter; symbol; character; word; CL:個|个[ge4]; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China
- 爱àiài to love; to be fond of; to like; affection; to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen)
- 击jījī to hit; to strike; to break; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- 流liúliú to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
- 备bèibèi (bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
- 兵bīngbīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 连liánlián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也[ye3], 都[dou1] etc) even; company (military)
- 调diàotiáo to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incitediào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody
- 深shēnshēn deep (lit. and fig.)
- 商shāngshāng commerce; merchant; dealer; to consult; 2nd note in pentatonic scale; quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
- 算suànsuàn to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
- 质zhìzhì character; nature; quality; plain; to pawn; pledge; hostage; to question; Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
- 团tuántuán dumpling
- 集jíjí to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode
- 百bǎibǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of
- 需xūxū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need
- 价jiàjià price; value; (chemistry) valencejie particle used between an adverb and a verb or adjective; (dialect) particle used after a negative adverb such as 不[bu4] or 別|别[bie2] without any other following element
- 花huāhuā variant of 花[hua1]; flower; blossom; also pr. [wei3]
- 党dǎngdǎng party; association; club; society; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 华huáhuà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi; surname Huahuá magnificent; splendid; flowery
- 城chéngchéng city walls; city; town; CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- 石shídàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters; ancient pr. [shi2]shí rock; stone; stone inscription; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 级jíjí level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier: step, level
- 整zhěngzhěng (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to
- 府fǔfǔ seat of government; government repository (archive); official residence; mansion; presidential palace; (honorific) Your home; prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)
- 离lílí to leave; to part from; to be away from; (in giving distances) from; without (sth); independent of; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing fire; ☲chī mythical beast (archaic)
- 况kuàngkuàng moreover; situation
- 亚yàyà second; next to; inferior; sub-; Taiwan pr. [ya3]
- 请qǐngqǐng to ask; to invite; please (do sth); to treat (to a meal etc); to request
- 技jìjì skill
- 际jìjì border; edge; boundary; interval; between; inter-; to meet; time; occasion; to meet with (circumstances)
- 约yāoyāo to weigh in a balance or on a scaleyuē to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise
- 示shìshì to show; to reveal
- 复fùfù variant of 復|复[fu4]; to reply to a letter
- 病bìngbìng illness; CL:場|场[chang2]; disease; to fall ill; defect
- 息xīxī breath; news; interest (on an investment or loan); to cease; to stop; to rest; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- 究jiūjiū after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
- 线xiànxiàn thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- 似shìshì used in 似的[shi4de5]sì old variant of 似[si4]
- 官guānguān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 火huǒhuǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86
- 断duànduàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly
- 精jīngjīng essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 满mǎnmǎn to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; contented
- 支zhīzhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
- 视shìshì (literary, or bound form) to look at
- 消xiāoxiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
- 越yuèyuè to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
- 器qìqì device; tool; utensil; CL:臺|台[tai2]
- 容róngróng to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenance
- 照zhàozhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before
- 须xūxū beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
- 九jiǔjiǔ nine; 9
- 增zēngzēng (bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
- 研yányán to grind; study; research
- 写xiěxiě to write
- 称chènchèn to fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [cheng4]chēng to weigh; to state; to name; name; appellation; to praisechèng old variant of 秤[cheng4]
- 企qǐqǐ (bound form) to stand on tiptoe and look; to anticipate; to look forward to; abbr. for 企業|企业[qi3ye4]; Taiwan pr. [qi4]
- 八bābā eight; 8
- 功gōnggōng meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics)
- 吗mǎmǎ used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3fei1]ma (question particle for "yes-no" questions)
- 包bāobāo to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]
- 片piānpiān disk; sheetpiàn thin piece; flake; a slice; film; TV play; to slice; to carve thin; partial; incomplete; one-sided; classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water; classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc; used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc; Kangxi radical 91
- 史shǐshǐ history; annals; title of an official historian in ancient China
- 委wēiwěi to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainlywēi used in 委蛇[wei1yi2]
- 乎hūhū (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- 查cházhā variant of 楂[zha1]chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)
- 轻qīngqīng light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 易yìyì easy; amiable; to change; to exchange; prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible"
- 早zǎozǎo early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 曾céngzēng great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
- 除chúchú to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including
- 农nóngnóng variant of 農|农[nong2]
- 找zhǎozhǎo to try to find; to look for; to call on sb; to find; to seek; to return; to give change
- 装zhuāngzhuāng adornment; to adorn; dress; clothing; costume (of an actor in a play); to play a role; to pretend; to install; to fix; to wrap (sth in a bag); to load; to pack
- 广guǎngguǎng wide; numerous; to spread
- 显xiǎnxiǎn to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- 吧bāba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise); ...right?; ...OK?; ...I presume.bā bar (loanword) (serving drinks, or providing Internet access etc); to puff (on a pipe etc); (onom.) bang; abbr. for 貼吧|贴吧[tie1 ba1]
- 阿āā prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; also pr. [a4]a flatterē (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- 李lǐlǐ plum
- 标biāobiāo mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units
- 谈tántán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss
- 吃chīchī variant of 吃[chi1]jí stammer
- 图tútú diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- 念niànniàn to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:頓|顿[dun4]); to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿[nian4])
- 六liùliù six; 6
- 引yǐnyǐn to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- 历lìlì to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
- 首shǒushǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc
- 医yīyī medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
- 局jújú cramped; narrow
- 突tūtū to dash; to move forward quickly; to bulge; to protrude; to break through; to rush out; sudden; Taiwan pr. [tu2]
- 专zhuānzhuān variant of 專|专[zhuan1]
- 费fèifèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses
- 号háoháo roar; cry; CL:個|个[ge4]hào ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people
- 尽jǐnjǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority tojìn to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- 另lìnglìng other; another; separate; separately
- 周zhōuzhōu week; weekly; variant of 周[zhou1]
- 较jiàojiào (bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- 注zhùzhù to register; to annotate; note; comment
- 语yǔyù (literary) to tell; to let (sb) knowyǔ dialect; language; speechyú to tell to
- 仅jǐnjǐn barely; only; merely
- 考kǎokǎo to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- 落làlà to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behindluò to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement
- 青qīngqīng green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
- 随suísuí to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently
- 选xuǎnxuǎn to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- 列lièliè to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row
- 武wǔwǔ martial; military
- 红hónghóng red; popular; revolutionary; bonus
- 响xiǎngxiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises
- 虽suīsuī although; even though
- 推tuītuī to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage
- 势shìshì power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
- 参cānshēn variant of 參|参[shen1]cān old variant of 參|参[can1]
- 希xīxī to hope; to admire; variant of 稀[xi1]
- 古gǔgǔ ancient; old; paleo-
- 众zhòngzhòng variant of 眾|众[zhong4]
- 构gòugòu to construct; to form; to make up; to compose; literary composition; paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
- 房fángfáng house; room; CL:間|间[jian1]; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)
- 半bànbàn half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
- 节jiéjiē see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]jié joint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; knot (nautical miles per hour)
- 土tǔtǔ earth; dust; clay; local; indigenous; crude opium; unsophisticated; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
- 投tóutóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- 某mǒumǒu some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
- 案ànàn (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
- 黑hēihēi black; dark; sinister; secret; shady; illegal; to hide (sth) away; to vilify; (loanword) to hack (computing)
- 维wéiwéi to preserve; to maintain; to hold together; dimension; vitamin (abbr. for 維生素|维生素[wei2 sheng1 su4])
- 革gégé animal hide; leather; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)
- 划huáhuà to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to plan; to draw (a line); stroke of a Chinese characterhuá to cut; to slash; to scratch (cut into the surface of sth); to strike (a match)
- 敌dídí (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- 致zhìzhì (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
- 陈chénchén to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
- 律lǜlǜ law
- 足zújù excessivezú (bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
- 态tàitài (bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice
- 护hùhù to protect
- 七qīqī seven; 7
- 兴xīngxīng to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)xìng feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
- 派pàipài (literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction; (bound form) style; manner; to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb); classifier for factions, groups etc; (preceded by 一[yi]) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc; (loanword) pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159... ; (loanword) pie
- 孩háihái (bound form) child
- 验yànyàn to examine; to test; to check
- 责zézé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame
- 营yíngyíng camp; barracks; battalion; to build; to operate; to manage; to strive for
- 星xīngxīng star; heavenly body; satellite; small amount
- 够gòugòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out
- 章zhāngzhāng chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order
- 音yīnyīn sound; noise; note (of musical scale); tone; news; syllable; reading (phonetic value of a character)
- 跟gēngēn heel; to follow closely; to go with; (of a woman) to marry sb; with; compared with; to; towards; and (joining two nouns)
- 志zhìzhì sign; mark; to record; to write a footnote
- 底dedǐ bottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record; (suffix) end of a year or month; (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4])de (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- 站zhànzhàn station; to stand; to halt; to stop; branch of a company or organization; website
- 严yányán tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- 巴bābā to long for; to wish; to cling to; to stick to; sth that sticks; close to; next to; spread open; informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4]; bar (unit of pressure); nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
- 例lìlì example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- 防fángfáng to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
- 族zúzú race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
- 供gōnggòng to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings; to confess (Taiwan pr. [gong1]); confession; statement (Taiwan pr. [gong1])gōng to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)
- 效xiàoxiào effect; efficacy; to imitate
- 续xùxù to continue; to replenish
- 施shīshī (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc); to distribute (alms etc); to apply (fertilizer etc)
- 留liúliú old variant of 留[liu2]
- 讲jiǎngjiǎng to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture
- 型xíngxíng mold; type; style; model
- 料liàoliào material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
- 终zhōngzhōng end; finish
- 答dādā bound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[da2], used in 答應|答应[da1ying5], 答理[da1li5] etcdá to answer; to reply; to respond
- 紧jǐnjǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten
- 黄huánghuáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through
- 绝juéjué variant of 絕|绝[jue2]
- 奇jījī odd (number)qí strange; odd; weird; wonderful; surprisingly; unusually
- 察cháchá variant of 察[cha2]
- 母mǔmǔ mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female
- 京jīngjīng capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)
- 段duànduàn paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc
- 依yīyī to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of
- 批pīpī to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges)
- 群qúnqún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
- 项xiàngxiàng back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
- 故gùgù happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 按ànàn to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- 河héhé river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]); (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way; (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3]
- 米mǐmǐ uncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
- 围wéiwéi to encircle; to surround; all around; to wear by wrapping around (scarf, shawl)
- 江jiāngjiāng river; CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]
- 织zhīzhī to weave
- 害hàihài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity
- 斗dǒudǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡[dou3]dòu variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
- 双shuāngshuāng two; double; pair; both; even (number)
- 境jìngjìng border; place; condition; boundary; circumstances; territory
- 客kèkè customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
- 纪jìjǐ surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]jì order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
- 采cǎicǎi color; complexion; looks; variant of 彩[cai3]; variant of 採|采[cai3]cài used in 采邑[cai4yi4] and 采地[cai4di4]
- 举jǔjǔ to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect; act; move; deed
- 杀shāshā to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 攻gōnggōng to attack; to accuse; to study; (LGBT) top
- 父fùfù father
- 苏sūsū old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
- 密mìmì dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential; (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb); to DM
- 低dīdī low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- 朝cháozhāo morningcháo imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards
- 友yǒuyǒu friend
- 诉sùsù to complain; to sue; to tell
- 止zhǐzhǐ to stop; to prohibit; until; only
- 细xìxì thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
- 愿yuànyuàn (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 千qiānqiān used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1]
- 值zhízhí value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty
- 仍réngréng still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
- 男nánnán (bound form) male; baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- 钱qiánqián coin; money; CL:筆|笔[bi3]; unit of weight, one tenth of a tael 兩|两[liang3]
- 破pòpò broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of
- 网wǎngwǎng net; network
- 热rèrè to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent
- 助zhùzhù to help; to assist
- 倒dǎodǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profitdào to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- 育yùyù to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
- 属shǔzhǔ to join together; to fix one's attention on; to concentrate onshǔ category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute
- 坐zuòzuò to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座[zuo4]
- 帝dìdì emperor
- 限xiànxiàn to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound
- 船chuánchuán boat; vessel; ship; CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 脸liǎnliǎn face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 职zhízhí office; duty
- 速sùsù fast; rapid; quick; velocity
- 刻kèkè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals
- 乐lèlè happy; cheerful; to laughyuè music
- 否fǒupǐ clogged; evilfǒu to negate; to deny; not
- 刚gānggāng hard; firm; strong; just; barely; exactly
- 威wēiwēi power; might; prestige
- 毛máomáo hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished; young; raw; careless; unthinking; nervous; scared; (of currency) to devalue or depreciate; classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
- 状zhuàngzhuàng (bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
- 率lǜlǜ rate; frequencyshuài to lead; to command; rash; hasty; frank; straightforward; generally; usually
- 甚shènshén whatshén variant of 什[shen2]shèn excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- 独dúdú alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 球qiúqiú ball; sphere; globe; CL:個|个[ge4]; ball game; match; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 般bānbān sort; kind; class; way; manner
- 普pǔpǔ general; popular; everywhere; universal
- 怕pàpà to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps
- 弹dàntán to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)dàn crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball
- 校jiàoxiào (bound form) school; college; (bound form) (military) field officerjiào to check; to collate; to proofread
- 苦kǔkǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- 创chuāngchuāng (bound form) a wound; to woundchuàng to initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
- 假jiǎjiǎ variant of 假[jia3]; to borrowjià vacation
- 久jiǔjiǔ (of a period of time) long
- 错cuòcuò mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver
- 承chéngchéng to bear; to carry; to hold; to continue; to undertake; to take charge; owing to; due to; to receive
- 印yìnyìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image
- 晚wǎnwǎn evening; night; late
- 兰lánlán orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- 试shìshì to test; to try; experiment; examination; test
- 股gǔgǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
- 拿náná to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 脑nǎonǎo brain; mind; head; essence
- 预yùyù to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare
- 谁shéishuí who / also pronounced shui2shéi who; also pr. [shui2]
- 益yìyì benefit; profit; advantage; beneficial; to increase; to add; all the more
- 阳yángyáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
- 若ruòruò to seem; like; as; if
- 哪nǎněi which? (interrogative, followed by classifier or numeral-classifier)nǎ how; whichna (emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")
- 微wēiwēi tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- 尼níní Buddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
- 继jìjì to continue; to follow after; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit; then; afterwards
- 送sòngsòng to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with
- 急jíjí urgent; pressing; rapid; hurried; worried; to make (sb) anxious
- 血xiěxuè blood; colloquial pr. [xie3]; CL:滴[di1],片[pian4]xiě see 血[xue4]
- 惊jīngjīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm
- 伤shāngshāng to injure; injury; wound
- 素sùsù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever
- 药yàoyào medicine; drug; substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting); CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4]; to poison
- 适shìshì to fit; suitable; proper; just (now); comfortable; well; to go; to follow or pursue
- 波bōbō wave; ripple; storm; surge
- 夜yèyè night
- 省shěngxǐng (bound form) to scrutinize; (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct); (bound form) to come to realize; (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)shěng to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
- 初chūchū at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic
- 喜xǐxǐ to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
- 卫wèiwèi to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
- 源yuányuán root; source; origin
- 食shísì to feed (a person or animal)shí to eat; food; animal feed; eclipse
- 险xiǎnxiǎn danger; dangerous; rugged
- 待dāidāi to stay; to remaindài to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to
- 述shùshù (bound form) to state; to tell; to narrate; to relate
- 陆liùlù (bound form) land (as opposed to the sea)liù six (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- 习xíxí (bound form) to practice; to study; habit; custom
- 置zhìzhì to install; to place; to put; to buy
- 居jūjū to reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up; to be at a standstill; residence; house; restaurant; classifier for bedroomsjī (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
- 劳láoláo (bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed; (bound form) fatigue; to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth); to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4])lào to console
- 财cáicái money; wealth; riches; property; valuables
- 环huánhuán ring; hoop; loop; (chain) link; classifier for scores in archery etc; to surround; to encircle; to hem in
- 排páipái a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etcpǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc
- 福fúfú good fortune; happiness; luck
- 纳nànà to receive; to accept; to enjoy; to bring into; to pay (tax etc); nano- (one billionth); to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing
- 欢huānhuān a breed of horse; variant of 歡|欢[huan1]
- 雷léiléi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
- 警jǐngjǐng to alert; to warn; police
- 获huòhuò (bound form) to reap; to harvest
- 模múmó to imitate; model; norm; patternmú mold; die; matrix; pattern
- 充chōngchōng sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as
- 负fùfù to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- 云yúnyún cloud; CL:朵[duo3]
- 停tíngtíng to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
- 木mùmù (bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
- 游yóuyóu to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel
- 龙lónglóng Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
- 树shùshù tree; CL:棵[ke1]; to cultivate; to set up
- 疑yíyí (bound form) to doubt; to suspect
- 层céngcéng to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers
- 冷lěnglěng cold
- 洲zhōuzhōu continent; island in a river
- 冲chōngchōng thoroughfare; to go straight ahead; to rush; to clashchòng powerful; vigorous; pungent; towards; in view of
- 射shèshè to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)
- 略lüèlüè variant of 略[lu:e4]
- 范fànfàn surname Fan
- 竟jìngjìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed
- 句jùjù sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse
- 室shìshì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
- 异yìyì different; other; hetero-; unusual; strange; surprising; to distinguish; to separate; to discriminate
- 激jījī to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
- 汉hànhàn man
- 村cūncūn variant of 村[cun1]
- 哈hāhā (interj.) ha!; (onom. for laughter); (slang) to be infatuated with; to adore; (bound form) husky (dog) (abbr. for 哈士奇[ha1shi4qi2])hàn a Pekinese / a pug
- 策cècè variant of 策[ce4]
- 演yǎnyǎn to perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
- 简jiǎnjiǎn simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
- 卡kǎkǎ to stop; to block; (computing) (coll.) slow; (loanword) card; CL:張|张[zhang1],片[pian4]; truck (from "car"); calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[ka3 lu4 li3]); cassetteqiǎ to block; to be stuck; to be wedged; customs station; a clip; a fastener; a checkpost; Taiwan pr. [ka3]
- 罪zuìzuì variant of 罪[zui4], crime
- 判pànpàn (bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different); to judge; to decide; to grade; (of a judge) to sentence
- 担dāndān to undertake; to carry; to shoulder; to take responsibilitydàn picul (100 catties, 50 kg); two buckets full; carrying pole and its load; classifier for loads carried on a shoulder pole
- 州zhōuzhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland)
- 静jìngjìng still; calm; quiet; not moving
- 退tuìtuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
- 既jìjì already; since; both... (and...)
- 衣yīyī clothes; CL:件[jian4]; Kangxi radical 145yì to dress; to wear; to put on (clothes)
- 您nínnín you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3])
- 宗zōngzōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
- 积jījī to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion
- 余yúyú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
- 痛tòngtòng ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly
- 检jiǎnjiǎn to check; to examine; to inspect; to exercise restraint
- 差chācī used in 參差|参差[cen1ci1]chā difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightlychà different; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack; not up to standard; inferior; Taiwan pr. [cha1]chāi to send (on an errand); (archaic) person sent on such an errand; job; official post
- 富fùfù rich; abundant; wealthy
- 灵línglíng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- 协xiéxié to cooperate; to harmonize; to help; to assist; to join
- 角jiǎojué role (theater); to compete; ancient three legged wine vessel; third note of pentatonic scalejiǎo angle; corner; horn; horn-shaped; unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 占zhānzhān to observe; to divinezhàn to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
- 配pèipèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate
- 征zhēngzhēng to invite; to recruit; to levy (taxes); to draft (troops); phenomenon; symptom; characteristic sign (used as proof); evidence
- 修xiūxiū variant of 修[xiu1]
- 皮pípí leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhang1]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty
- 挥huīhuī to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse
- 胜shèngshèng victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)
- 降jiàngxiáng to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to tamejiàng to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend
- 阶jiējiē rank or step; stairs
- 审shěnshěn to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)
- 沉chénchén to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- 坚jiānjiān strong; solid; firm; unyielding; resolute
- 善shànshàn good (virtuous); benevolent; well-disposed; good at sth; to improve or perfect
- 妈māmā ma; mom; mother
- 刘liúliú (classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter
- 读dòudòu comma; phrase marked by pausedú to read out; to read aloud; to read; to attend (school); to study (a subject in school); to pronounce
- 啊āā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!á interjection expressing doubt or requiring answer; Eh?; what?ǎ interjection of surprise or doubt; Eh?; My!; what's up?à interjection or grunt of agreement; uhm; Ah, OK; expression of recognition; Oh, it's you!a modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
- 超chāochāo to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super-
- 免miǎnmiǎn to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited
- 压yāyà used in 壓根兒|压根儿[ya4gen1r5]; used in 壓馬路|压马路[ya4ma3lu4]; used in 壓板|压板[ya4ban3]yā to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure
- 银yínyín silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
- 买mǎimǎi to buy; to purchase
- 皇huánghuáng emperor; old variant of 惶[huang2]
- 养yǎngyǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- 伊yīyī (old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that
- 怀huáihuái bosom; heart; mind; to think of; to harbor in one's mind; to conceive (a child)
- 执zhízhí to execute (a plan); to grasp
- 副fùfù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副詞|副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
- 乱luànluàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary
- 抗kàngkàng to resist; to fight; to defy; anti-
- 犯fànfàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
- 追zhuīzhuī to chase; to pursue; to look into; to investigate; to reminisce; to recall; to court (one's beloved); to binge-watch (a TV drama); retroactively; posthumouslyduī to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old)
- 帮bāngbāng to help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
- 宣xuānxuān to declare (publicly); to announce
- 佛fófó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2])fú (female) head ornament; variant of 彿|佛[fu2]
- 岁suìsuì classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- 航hángháng boat; ship; craft; to navigate; to sail; to fly
- 优yōuyōu excellent; superior
- 怪guàiguài variant of 怪[guai4]
- 香xiāngxiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick; CL:根[gen1]
- 著zhùzhé to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to applyzháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inzhuó to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to applyzhe aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing statezhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add
- 田tiántián field; farm; CL:片[pian4]
- 铁tiětiě iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- 控kòngkòng to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia
- 税shuìshuì taxes; duties
- 左zuǒzuǒ left; the Left (politics); east; unorthodox; queer; wrong; differing; opposite; variant of 佐[zuo3]
- 右yòuyòu (bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center; (bound form) (old) west; (literary) the right side as the side of precedence
- 份fènfèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分[fen4]
- 穿chuānchuān to wear; to put on; to dress; to bore through; to pierce; to perforate; to penetrate; to pass through; to thread
- 艺yìyì skill; art
- 背bèibēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulderbèi the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; unlucky (slang); hard of hearing
- 阵zhènzhèn disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
- 草cǎocǎo grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 脚jiǎojiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]; classifier for kicksjué role (variant of 角[jue2])
- 概gàigài old variant of 概[gai4]
- 恶ěě used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]è evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harmwù to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander
- 块kuàikuài lump (of earth); chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units; lump
- 顿dùndùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- 敢gǎngǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
- 守shǒushǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining
- 酒jiǔjiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage; CL:杯[bei1],瓶[ping2],罐[guan4],桶[tong3],缸[gang1]
- 岛dǎodǎo island; CL:個|个[ge4],座[zuo4]
- 托tuōtuō to trust; to entrust; to be entrusted with; to act as trustee
- 央yāngyāng center; end; to beg; to plead
- 户hùhù a household; door; family
- 烈lièliè ardent; intense; fierce; stern; upright; to give one's life for a noble cause; exploits; achievements
- 洋yángyáng ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin
- 哥gēgē elder brother
- 索suǒsuǒ to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
- 胡húhú beard; mustache; whiskers
- 款kuǎnkuǎn section; paragraph; funds; CL:筆|笔[bi3],個|个[ge4]; classifier for versions or models (of a product)
- 靠kàokào to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old)
- 评píngpíng to discuss; to comment; to criticize; to judge; to choose (by public appraisal)
- 版bǎnbǎn a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
- 宝bǎobǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious
- 座zuòzuò seat; base; stand; (bound form) constellation; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座[shi1zuo4]); classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc
- 释shìshì to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]); Buddhism
- 景jǐngjǐng (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight
- 顾gùgù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
- 弟dìdì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- 登dēngdēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
- 货huòhuò goods; money; commodity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 互hùhù mutual
- 付fùfù to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
- 伯bóbǎi one hundred (old)bó father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 慢mànmàn slow
- 欧ōuōu (used for transliteration); old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]
- 换huànhuàn to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 闻wénwén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at
- 危wēiwēi danger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. [wei2]
- 忙mángmáng busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush
- 核héhé variant of 核[he2]; to investigate
- 暗ànàn (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4])
- 姐jiějiě older sister
- 介jièjiè to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
- 坏huàihuài bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 讨tǎotǎo to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study
- 丽lílì beautifullí Korea
- 良liángliáng good; very; very much
- 序xùxù (bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
- 升shēngshēng to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1]); to promote; to elevate (variant of 升[sheng1])
- 监jiānjiàn (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)jiān to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
- 临línlín to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- 亮liàngliàng bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- 露lùlù dew; syrup; nectar; outdoors (not under cover); to show; to reveal; to betray; to exposelòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose
- 永yǒngyǒng forever; always; perpetual
- 呼hūhū variant of 呼[hu1]; to shout; to call out
- 味wèiwèi taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
- 野yěyě field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
- 架jiàjià to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc
- 域yùyù field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)
- 沙shāshā granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
- 掉diàodiào to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
- 括kuòkuò (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up; (bound form) to include; to comprise; to put (text) in brackets; Taiwan pr. [gua1]
- 舰jiànjiàn warship
- 鱼yúyú fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3]); used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2])
- 杂zázá mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix
- 误wùwù mistake; error; to miss; to harm; to delay; to neglect; mistakenly
- 湾wānwān bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)
- 吉jíjí lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
- 减jiǎnjiǎn to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
- 编biānbiān to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up
- 楚chǔchǔ distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- 肯kěnkěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 测cècè to survey; to measure; to conjecture
- 败bàibài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither
- 屋wūwū (bound form) house; (bound form) room
- 跑pǎopǎo to run; to run away; to escape; to run around (on errands etc); (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate; (verb complement) away; offpáo (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
- 梦mèngmèng dream (CL:場|场[chang2],個|个[ge4]); (bound form) to dream
- 散sǎnsǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicinesàn to scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse; to disseminate; to dispel; (coll.) to sack
- 温wēnwēn warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever; epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1])
- 困kùnkùn sleepy; tired
- 剑jiànjiàn variant of 劍|剑[jian4]
- 渐jiānjiàn gradual; graduallyjiān to imbue
- 封fēngfēng to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters
- 救jiùjiù to save; to assist; to rescue
- 贵guìguì expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank; (prefix) (honorific) your
- 枪qiāngqiāng variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]; rifle; spear
- 缺quēquē deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of
- 楼lóulóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor; CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
- 县xiànxiàn county
- 尚shàngshàng still; yet; to value; to esteem
- 毫háoháo hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan
- 移yíyí to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
- 娘niángniáng variant of 娘[niang2]
- 朋péngpéng friend
- 画huàhuà to draw; to paint; picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]); to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
- 班bānbān team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles
- 智zhìzhì (literary) wise; wisdom
- 亦yìyì also
- 耳ěrěr ear; handle (archaeology); and that is all (Classical Chinese)
- 恩ēnēn favor; grace; kindness
- 短duǎnduǎn short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 掌zhǎngzhǎng palm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw; horseshoe; to slap; to hold in one's hand; to wield
- 恐kǒngkǒng afraid; frightened; to fear
- 遗yíyí (bound form) to leave behind
- 固gùgù hard; strong; solid; sure; assuredly; undoubtedly; of course; indeed; admittedly
- 席xíxí variant of 席[xi2]; woven mat
- 松sōngsōng loose; to loosen; to relax; floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling)
- 秘mìmì secret; secretary
- 谢xièxiè to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
- 鲁lǔlǔ (bound form) crass; stupid; rude; (used to represent the sounds of "ru", "lu" etc in loanwords)
- 遇yùyù (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
- 康kāngkāng healthy; peaceful; abundant
- 虑lǜlǜ to think over; to consider; anxiety
- 幸xìngxìng fortunate; lucky
- 均jūnjūn equal; even; all; uniform
- 销xiāoxiāo to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt
- 钟zhōngzhōng a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]); clock (CL:座[zuo4]); amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc)
- 诗shīshī poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse
- 藏cángcáng to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collectzàng storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
- 赶gǎngǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time)
- 剧jùjù theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe
- 票piàopiào ticket; ballot; banknote; CL:張|张[zhang1]; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
- 损sǔnsǔn to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
- 忽hūhū to neglect; to overlook; to ignore; suddenly
- 巨jùjù variant of 巨[ju4]
- 炮bāopào variant of 炮[pao4]bāo to sauté; to fry; to dry by heatingpáo to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
- 旧jiùjiù old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age)
- 端duānduān old variant of 端[duan1]; start; origin
- 探tàntàn to explore; to search out; to scout; to visit; to stretch forward
- 湖húhú lake; CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- 录lùlù diary; record; to hit; to copy
- 叶yèxié to be in harmonyyè leaf; page; lobe; (historical) period; classifier for small boats
- 春chūnchūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life
- 乡xiāngxiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
- 附fùfù to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
- 吸xīxī to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale
- 予yǔyǔ (literary) to giveyú (archaic) I; me
- 礼lǐlǐ gift; rite; ceremony; CL:份[fen4]; propriety; etiquette; courtesy
- 港gǎnggǎng harbor; port; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 雨yǔyǔ rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]yù (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall; to precipitate; to wet
- 呀yaya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
- 板bǎnbǎn see 老闆|老板, boss
- 庭tíngtíng main hall; front courtyard; law court
- 妇fùfù old variant of 婦|妇[fu4]
- 归guīguī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- 睛jīngjīng eye; eyeball
- 饭fànfàn cooked rice; CL:碗[wan3]; meal; CL:頓|顿[dun4]; (loanword) fan; devotee
- 额éé forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount
- 含hánhán to keep in the mouth; to contain
- 顺shùnshùn to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 输shūshū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
- 摇yáoyáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank
- 招zhāozhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess
- 婚hūnhūn to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
- 脱tuōtuō to shed; to take off; to escape; to get away from
- 补bǔbǔ to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- 谓wèiwèi to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
- 督dūdū (bound form) to supervise
- 毒dúdú poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics
- 油yóuyóu oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning
- 疗liáoliáo to treat; to cure; therapy
- 旅lǚlǚ trip; travel; to travel; brigade (army)
- 泽zézé pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- 材cáicái material; timber; ability; aptitude; a capable individual; coffin (old)
- 灭mièmiè to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- 逐zhúzhú (bound form) to pursue; to chase away; individually; one by one
- 莫mòmò do not; there is none who
- 笔bǐbǐ pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters; classifier for sums of money, deals; CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]
- 亡wángwáng old variant of 亡[wang2]
- 鲜xiānxiǎn old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian3]xiān fish; old variant of 鮮|鲜[xian1]
- 词cící word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- 圣shèngshèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc); (bound form) peerless individual; paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc); (bound form) holy; sacredkū to dig
- 择zézé to select; to choose; to pick over; to pick out; to differentiate; to eliminate; also pr. [zhai2]zhái to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to take out / to eliminate
- 寻xúnxún to search; to look for; to seek
- 厂chǎngchǎng factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant
- 睡shuìshuì to sleep; to lie down
- 博bóbó old variant of 博[bo2]
- 勒lèlè (literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯[le4ke4si1])lēi to strap tightly; to bind
- 烟yānyān tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])
- 授shòushòu (bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
- 诺nuònuò to consent; to promise; (literary) yes!
- 伦lúnlún human relationship; order; coherence
- 岸ànàn bank; shore; beach; coast
- 奥àoào obscure; mysterious
- 唐tángtáng to exaggerate; empty; in vain; old variant of 螗[tang2]
- 卖màimài to sell; to betray; to spare no effort; to show off or flaunt
- 俄éé suddenly; very soon
- 炸zházhá to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]zhà to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter
- 载zǎizǎi to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; yearzài to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- 洛luòluò used in transliteration
- 健jiànjiàn healthy; to invigorate; to strengthen; to be good at; to be strong in
- 堂tángtáng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; CL:間|间[jian1]; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture
- 旁pángpáng one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- 宫gōnggōng palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- 喝hēhè to shouthē to drink; variant of 嗬[he1]
- 借jièjiè variant of 借[jie4]
- 君jūnjūn monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
- 禁jīnjìn to prohibit; to forbidjīn to endure
- 阴yīnyīn variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
- 园yuányuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc
- 谋móumóu to plan; to seek; scheme
- 宋sòngsòng surname Song; the Song dynasty (960-1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420-479) 南朝宋[Nan2chao2 Song4]
- 避bìbì to avoid; to shun; to flee; to escape; to keep away from; to leave; to hide from
- 抓zhuāzhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch
- 荣róngróng glory; honor; thriving
- 姑gūgū paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary)
- 孙sūnsūn grandson; descendant
- 逃táotáo to escape; to run away; to flee
- 牙yáyá tooth; ivory; CL:顆|颗[ke1]
- 束shùshù to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control
- 跳tiàotiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate
- 顶dǐngdǐng apex; crown of the head; top; roof; most; to carry on the head; to push to the top; to go against; to replace; to substitute; to be subjected to (an aerial bombing, hailstorm etc); (slang) to "bump" a forum thread to raise its profile; classifier for headwear, hats, veils etc
- 玉yùyù jade
- 镇zhènzhèn to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks)
- 雪xuěxuě snow; CL:場|场[chang2]; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
- 午wǔwǔ 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
- 练liànliàn to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
- 迫pòpò to force; to compel; to approach or go towards; urgent; pressing
- 爷yéyé grandpa; old gentleman
- 篇piānpiān sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article
- 肉ròuròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
- 嘴zuǐzuǐ mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 馆guǎnguǎn building; shop; term for certain service establishments; embassy or consulate; schoolroom (old); CL:家[jia1]
- 遍biànbiàn everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
- 凡fánfán variant of 凡[fan2]
- 础chǔchǔ foundation; base
- 洞dòngdòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 卷juǎnjuǎn to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etcjuàn scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
- 坦tǎntǎn flat; open-hearted; level; smooth
- 牛niúniú ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome
- 宁nìngníng variant of 寧|宁[ning2]nìng would rather; to prefer; how (emphatic); Taiwan pr. [ning2]
- 纸zhǐzhǐ paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
- 诸zhūzhū all; various
- 训xùnxùn to teach; to train; to admonish; (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
- 私sīsī personal; private; selfish
- 庄zhuāngzhuāng farmstead; village; manor; place of business; banker (in a gambling game); grave or solemn; holdings of a landlord (in imperial China)
- 祖zǔzǔ ancestor; forefather; grandparents
- 丝sīsī silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc
- 翻fānfān variant of 翻[fan1]
- 暴bàobào sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
- 森sēnsēn (bound form) densely wooded; (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous; gloomy; forbidding
- 塔tǎtǎ old variant of 塔[ta3]
- 默mòmò silent; to write from memory
- 握wòwò to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- 戏xìxì trick; drama; play; show; CL:齣|出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2]
- 隐yǐnyìn to lean uponyǐn (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
- 熟shúshú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted; experienced; skilled; (of sleep etc) deep; profound; also pr. [shou2]
- 骨gǔgǔ bone
- 访fǎngfǎng (bound form) to seek by inquiry; (bound form) to visit; to call on
- 弱ruòruò weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- 蒙méngmēng (knocked) unconscious; dazed; stunnedměng Mongol ethnic group; abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Meng2]méng to cover; ignorant; to suffer (misfortune); to receive (a favor); to cheat
- 歌gēgē variant of 歌[ge1]
- 店diàndiàn inn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jia1]); (bound form) shop; store
- 鬼guǐguǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- 软ruǎnruǎn variant of 軟|软[ruan3]
- 典diǎndiǎn canon; law; standard work of scholarship; literary quotation or allusion; ceremony; to be in charge of; to mortgage or pawn
- 欲yùyù to wish for; to desire; variant of 慾|欲[yu4]
- 萨sàsà Bodhisattva; surname Sa
- 伙huǒhuǒ companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together
- 遭zāozāo to meet by chance (usually with misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident
- 盘pánpán tray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing) (bound form) disk; to coil (a rope, pigtail etc); to check; to examine; to investigate; to transfer; to sell (property); to shift; to move (sth big and heavy); classifier for things resembling a plate or dish; classifier for coils; classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)
- 爸bàbà father; dad; pa; papa
- 扩kuòkuò to enlarge
- 盖gàigě surname Gegài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build
- 弄lòngnòng old variant of 弄[nong4]lòng variant of 弄[long4]
- 雄xióngxióng male; staminate; grand; imposing; powerful; mighty; person or state having great power and influence
- 稳wěnwěn settled; steady; stable
- 忘wàngwàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect
- 亿yìyì 100 million
- 刺cìcì thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murdercī (onom.) whoosh
- 拥yōngyōng to hold in one's arms; to embrace; to surround; to gather around; to throng; to swarm; (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4]); (literary) to have; to possess; Taiwan pr. [yong3]
- 徒tútú disciple; apprentice; believer; on foot; bare; empty; to no avail; only; prison sentence
- 姆mǔmǔ (old) female tutor; used in 保姆[bao3mu3]
- 杨yángyáng poplar
- 齐qíqí neat; even; level with; identical; simultaneous; all together; to even sth out
- 赛sàisài to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel
- 趣qùqù interesting; to interest
- 曲qūqǔ tune; song; CL:支[zhi1]qū fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 刀dāodāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; CL:把[ba3]; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs
- 床chuángchuáng variant of 床[chuang2]
- 迎yíngyíng to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
- 冰bīngbīng variant of 冰[bing1]
- 虚xūxū emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain
- 玩wánwán variant of 玩[wan2]; Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- 析xīxī to separate; to divide; to analyze
- 窗chuāngchuāng variant of 窗[chuang1]
- 醒xǐngxǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to
- 妻qīqì to marry off (a daughter)qī (bound form) wife
- 透tòutòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show
- 购gòugòu to buy; to purchase
- 替tìtì to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for
- 塞sāisè (bound form) to block; to obstructsāi to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a corksài (bound form) strategic stronghold
- 努nǔnǔ to exert; to strive
- 休xiūxiū to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time; to cease; (imperative) don't
- 虎hǔhǔ tiger; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- 扬yángyáng variant of 揚|扬[yang2]
- 途tútú way; route; road
- 侵qīnqīn to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach
- 刑xíngxíng punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment
- 绿lǜlǜ green; (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
- 兄xiōngxiōng elder brother
- 迅xùnxùn rapid; fast
- 套tàotào to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope; (fig.) to fish for; to obtain slyly; classifier for sets, collections; bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names); tau (Greek letter Ττ)
- 贸màomào commerce; trade
- 毕bìbì the whole of; to finish; to complete; complete; full; finished
- 唯wéiwěi yeswéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
- 谷gǔgǔ valleyyù surname Yu
- 轮lúnlún wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn
- 库kùkù warehouse; storehouse; (file) library
- 迹jìjì variant of 跡|迹[ji4]
- 尤yóuyóu outstanding; particularly, especially; a fault; to express discontentment against
- 竞jìngjìng to compete; to contend; to struggle
- 街jiējiē street; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 促cùcù (bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid; (bound form) to hasten; to hurry; to urge; (literary) close by; pressed against
- 延yányán to prolong; to extend; to delay
- 震zhènzhèn to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
- 弃qìqì to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- 甲jiǎjiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
- 伟wěiwěi big; large; great
- 麻mámá generic name for hemp, flax etc; hemp or flax fiber for textile materials; sesame; CL:縷|缕[lu:3]; (of materials) rough or coarse; pocked; pitted; to have pins and needles or tingling; to feel numb
- 川chuānchuān (bound form) river; creek; plain; an area of level country
- 申shēnshēn to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
- 缓huǎnhuǎn slow; unhurried; sluggish; gradual; not tense; relaxed; to postpone; to defer; to stall; to stave off; to revive; to recuperate
- 潜qiánqián hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
- 闪shǎnshǎn to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine
- 售shòushòu to sell; to make or carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
- 灯dēngdēng lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- 针zhēnzhēn variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle
- 哲zhézhé wise; a sage
- 络làolào small netluò net-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind; to twist; (TCM) channels in the human body
- 抵dǐdǐ to press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to equal; to balance; to make up for; to mortgage; to arrive at; to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)
- 朱zhūzhū (bound form) cinnabar
- 埃āiāi dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e
- 抱bàobào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely
- 鼓gǔgǔ drum; CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell
- 植zhízhí to plant
- 纯chúnchún pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- 夏xiàxià summer
- 忍rěnrěn to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself
- 页yèyè page; leaf
- 杰jiéjié variant of 傑|杰[jie2]
- 筑zhùzhù to build; to construct; to ram; to hit; Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
- 折shéshé to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)zhē to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)zhé variant of 折[zhe2]; to fold
- 郑zhèngzhèng used in 鄭重|郑重[zheng4zhong4]
- 贝bèibèi cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
- 尊zūnzūn senior; of a senior generation; to honor; to respect; honorific; classifier for cannons and statues; ancient wine vessel
- 吴wúwú surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 秀xiùxiù (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show; (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears
- 混húnhún muddy; turbid (variant of 渾|浑[hun2]); brainless; foolish (variant of 渾|浑[hun2]); Taiwan pr. [hun4]hùn to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless
- 臣chénchén state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign); Kangxi radical 131
- 雅yǎyǎ elegant
- 振zhènzhèn to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
- 染rǎnrǎn to dye; to catch (a disease); to acquire (bad habits etc); to contaminate; to add color washes to a painting
- 盛chéngshèng flourishing; vigorous; magnificent; extensivelychéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil
- 怒nùnù anger; fury; flourishing; vigorous
- 舞wǔwǔ to dance; to wield; to brandish
- 圆yuányuán circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie)
- 搞gǎogǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 狂kuángkuáng mad; wild; violent
- 措cuòcuò to handle; to manage; to put in order; to arrange; to administer; to execute; to take action on; to plan
- 姓xìngxìng family name; surname; to be surnamed ...
- 残cáncán to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus
- 秋qiūqiū used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1qian1]
- 培péipéi to bank up with earth; to cultivate (lit. or fig.); to train (people)
- 迷mímí to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused
- 诚chéngchéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
- 宽kuānkuān wide; broad; loose; relaxed; lenient
- 宇yǔyǔ room; universe
- 猛měngměng ferocious; fierce; violent; brave; suddenly; abrupt; (slang) awesome
- 摆bǎibǎi hem (at the bottom of a garment)
- 梅méiméi old variant of 梅[mei2]
- 毁huǐhuǐ variant of 毀|毁[hui3]; to defame; to slander
- 伸shēnshēn to stretch; to extend
- 摩mómó to rub
- 盟méngméng oath; pledge; union; to ally; league, a subdivision corresponding to prefecture in Inner Mongolia
- 末mòmò tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man
- 乃nǎinǎi variant of 乃[nai3]
- 悲bēibēi sad; sadness; sorrow; grief
- 拍pāipāi to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music)
- 丁dīngdīng male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1]; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl
- 赵zhàozhào to surpass (old)
- 硬yìngyìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial
- 麦màimài wheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麥克風|麦克风[mai4ke4feng1])
- 蒋jiǎngjiǎng surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石[Jiang3 Jie4shi2]
- 操cāocāo to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)cào variant of 肏[cao4]
- 耶yéyé interrogative particle (classical)yē (phonetic ye)ye final particle indicating enthusiasm etc
- 阻zǔzǔ to hinder; to block; to obstruct
- 订dìngdìng to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order
- 彩cǎicǎi (bright) color; variety; applause; applaud; lottery prize
- 抽chōuchōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash
- 赞zànzàn to patronize; to support; to praise; (Internet slang) to like (an online post on Facebook etc)
- 魔mómó (bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
- 纷fēnfēn numerous; confused; disorderly
- 沿yányàn riverside (often with 兒|儿 erhua)yán along; to follow (a line, tradition etc); to carry on; to trim (a border with braid, tape etc); border; edge
- 喊hǎnhǎn to yell; to shout; to call out for (a person)
- 违wéiwéi to disobey; to violate; to separate; to go against
- 妹mèimèi younger sister
- 浪lànglàng wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble
- 汇huìhuì variant of 匯|汇[hui4]
- 币bìbì money; coins; currency; silk
- 丰fēngfēng abundant; plentiful; fertile; plump; great
- 蓝lánlán blue; indigo plant
- 殊shūshū (literary) to kill; to behead; to sever; to separate; to surpass; (bound form) different; (bound form) special; remarkable; (literary) very; extremely
- 献xiànxiàn to offer; to present; to dedicate; to donate; to show; to put on display; worthy person (old)
- 桌zhuōzhuō old variant of 桌[zhuo1]
- 啦lālā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chatla sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
- 瓦wǎwǎ roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]
- 莱láilái name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
- 援yuányuán to help; to assist; to aid
- 译yìyì to translate; to interpret
- 夺duóduó to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose
- 汽qìqì steam; vapor
- 烧shāoshāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
- 距jùjù to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance; spur (on the leg of certain birds: gamecock, pheasant etc)
- 裁cáicái to cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim; to reduce; to diminish; to cut back (e.g. on staff); decision; judgment
- 偏piānpiān to lean; to slant; oblique; prejudiced; to deviate from average; to stray from the intended line; stubbornly; contrary to expectations
- 符fúfú mark; sign; talisman; to seal; to correspond to; tally; symbol; written charm; to coincide
- 勇yǒngyǒng brave
- 触chùchù to touch; to make contact with sth; to stir up sb's emotions
- 课kèkè subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination
- 敬jìngjìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely
- 哭kūkū to cry; to weep
- 懂dǒngdǒng to understand; to comprehend
- 墙qiángqiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]); (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2])
- 召shàozhào to call together; to summon; to convene; temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)shào surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
- 袭xíxí (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
- 罚fáfá variant of 罰|罚[fa2]
- 侠xiáxiá knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero; heroic
- 厅tīngtīng (reception) hall; living room; office; provincial government department
- 拜bàibài to bow to; to pay one's respects; (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion); to make a courtesy call; (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony; to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc); (used before some verbs to indicate politeness)
- 巧qiǎoqiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
- 侧cècè the side; to incline towards; to lean; inclined; lateral; sidezhāi lean on one side
- 韩hánhán Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韓民國|大韩民国; surname Han
- 冒màomào to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless; to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign; (literary) to cover
- 债zhàizhài debt; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- 曼mànmàn handsome; large; long
- 融róngróng old variant of 融[rong2]
- 惯guànguàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)
- 享xiǎngxiǎng old variant of 享[xiang3]
- 戴dàidài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support
- 童tóngtóng child
- 犹yóuyóu as if; (just) like; just as; still; yet
- 乘chéngchéng old variant of 乘[cheng2]
- 挂guàguà to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- 奖jiǎngjiǎng prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award; to give as a reward
- 绍shàoshào to continue; to carry on
- 厚hòuhòu thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
- 纵zòngzòng vertical; north-south (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); from front to back; longitudinal; lengthwise (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); military unit corresponding to an army corps (Taiwan pr. [zong1]); (bound form) to release (a captive); to indulge; to leap up; (literary) even if
- 障zhàngzhàng to block; to hinder; to obstruct
- 讯xùnxùn (bound form) to ask; to inquire; (bound form) to interrogate; to question; (bound form) news; information
- 涉shèshè (literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience; to undergo; to be involved; to concern
- 彻chèchè thorough; penetrating; to pervade; to pass through
- 刊kānkān old variant of 刊[kan1]; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend
- 丈zhàngzhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m); to measure; husband; polite appellation for an older male
- 爆bàobào to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil
- 乌wūwū crow; black
- 役yìyì forced labor; corvée; obligatory task; military service; to use as servant; to enserf; servant (old); war; campaign; battle
- 描miáomiáo to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up
- 洗xǐxǐ to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording)
- 玛mǎmǎ agate; cornelian
- 患huànhuàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
- 妙miàomiào variant of 妙[miao4]
- 镜jìngjìng mirror; lens
- 唱chàngchàng to sing; to call loudly; to chant
- 烦fánfán to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy
- 签qiānqiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
- 仙xiānxiān variant of 仙[xian1]
- 彼bǐbǐ that; those; (one) another
- 弗fúfú (literary) not; used in transliteration
- 症zhèngzhēng abdominal tumor; bowel obstruction; (fig.) sticking pointzhèng disease; illness
- 仿fǎngfǎng seemingly
- 倾qīngqīng to overturn; to collapse; to lean; to tend; to incline; to pour out
- 牌páipái signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]); brand; trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]); mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]); (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2])
- 陷xiànxiàn pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
- 鸟niǎodiǎo variant of 屌[diao3]; penisniǎo bird; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2]; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn
- 轰hōnghōng explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel
- 咱zánzán variant of 咱[zan2]
- 菜càicài vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]); dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type
- 闭bìbì to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct
- 奋fènfèn to exert oneself (bound form)
- 庆qìngqìng to celebrate
- 撤chèchè to remove; to take away
- 泪lèilèi (bound form) tears; teardrops
- 茶cháchá tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
- 疾jíjí (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- 缘yuányuán cause; reason; karma; fate; predestined affinity; margin; hem; edge; along
- 播bōbō (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]
- 朗lǎnglǎng clear; bright
- 杜dùdù birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict
- 奶nǎinǎi mother; variant of 奶[nai3]
- 季jìjì season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
- 丹dāndān red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
- 狗gǒugǒu dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- 尾wěiwěi tail; remainder; remnant; extremity; sixth of the 28 constellations; classifier for fish
- 仪yíyí apparatus; rites; appearance; present; ceremony
- 偷tōutōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- 奔bēnbēn variant of 奔[ben1]bèn variant of 奔[ben4]
- 珠zhūzhū bead; pearl; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- 虫chóngchóng lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
- 驻zhùzhù to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
- 孔kǒngkǒng hole; CL:個|个[ge4]; classifier for cave dwellings
- 宜yíyí proper; should; suitable; appropriate
- 艾àiyì variant of 刈[yi4]; variant of 乂[yi4]ài Chinese mugwort or wormwood; moxa; to stop or cut short; phonetic "ai" or "i"; abbr. for 艾滋病[ai4 zi1 bing4], AIDS
- 桥qiáoqiáo bridge; CL:座[zuo4]
- 淡dàndàn insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen
- 翼yìyì wing; area surrounding the bullseye of a target; to assist; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy; old variant of 翌
- 恨hènhèn to hate; to regret
- 繁fánfán complicated; many; in great numbers; abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters
- 寒hánhán cold; poor; to tremble
- 伴bànbàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
- 叹tàntàn variant of 嘆|叹[tan4]
- 旦dàndàn (literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- 愈yùyù variant of 愈[yu4]; to heal
- 潮cháocháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard
- 粮liángliáng grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
- 缩suōsuō to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [su4]
- 罢bàbà to stop; to cease; to dismiss; to suspend; to quit; to finishba (final particle, same as 吧)
- 聚jùjù to assemble; to gather (transitive or intransitive); (chemistry) poly-
- 径jìngjìng footpath; track; diameter; straight; directly
- 恰qiàqià exactly; just
- 挑tiāotiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpicktiǎo to raise; to dig up; to poke; to prick; to incite; to stir up
- 袋dàidài pouch; bag; sack; pocket
- 灰huīhuī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected
- 捕bǔbǔ to catch; to seize; to capture
- 徐xúxú slowly; gently
- 珍zhēnzhēn variant of 珍[zhen1]
- 幕mùmù old variant of 幕[mu4]; curtain; screen
- 映yìngyìng old variant of 映[ying4]
- 裂lièliè to split; to crack; to break open; to rend
- 泰tàitài safe; peaceful; most; grand
- 隔gégé to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of
- 启qǐqǐ to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform
- 尖jiānjiān pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing; (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen; to make (one's voice) shrill; sharp point; tip; the best of sth; the cream of the crop
- 忠zhōngzhōng loyal; devoted; faithful
- 累léiléi rope; to bind together; to twist aroundlěi to accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]); continuous; repeatedlèi tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
- 炎yányán flame; inflammation; -itis
- 暂zànzàn to scurry; variant of 暫|暂[zan4]
- 估gūgù used in 估衣[gu4yi5]gū to estimate
- 泛fànfàn (bound form) general; non-specific; extensive; pan-; to flood; (literary) to float about; to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
- 荒huānghuāng desolate; shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
- 偿chángcháng to repay; to compensate for; to recompense; to fulfill (hopes etc)
- 横hénghéng horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violenthèng harsh and unreasonable; unexpected
- 拒jùjù to resist; to repel; to refuse
- 瑞ruìruì lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 忆yìyì to recollect; to remember; memory
- 孤gūgū lone; lonely
- 鼻bíbí nose
- 闹nàonào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- 羊yángyáng sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]
- 呆dāidāi stupid (variant of 呆[dai1]); blank (variant of 呆[dai1])
- 厉lìlì strict; severe
- 衡hénghéng to weigh; weight; measure
- 胞bāobāo placenta; womb; born of the same parents
- 零línglíng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither
- 穷qióngqióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- 舍shěshě old variant of 捨|舍[she3]shè (bound form) residence; house; (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself); (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3]
- 码mǎmǎ weight; number; code; to pile; to stack; classifier for length or distance (yard), happenings etc
- 赫hèhè awe-inspiring; abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹[he4 zi1], hertz (Hz)
- 婆pópó (bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law; (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)
- 魂húnhún soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
- 灾zāizāi old variant of 災|灾[zai1]
- 洪hónghóng flood; big; great
- 腿tuǐtuǐ hip bone; old variant of 腿[tui3]
- 胆dǎndǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)
- 津jīnjīn saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing; a ford (river crossing)
- 俗súsú custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
- 辩biànbiàn to dispute; to debate; to argue; to discuss
- 胸xiōngxiōng chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax
- 晓xiǎoxiǎo dawn; daybreak; to know; to let sb know; to make explicit
- 劲jìnjìng stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerfuljìn strength; energy; enthusiasm; spirit; mood; expression; interest; CL:把[ba3]; Taiwan pr. [jing4]
- 贫pínpín poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
- 仁rénrén humane; kernel
- 偶ǒuǒu accidental; image; pair; mate
- 辑jíjí to gather up; to collect; to edit; to compile
- 邦bāngbāng (bound form) country; nation; state
- 恢huīhuī to restore; to recover; great
- 赖làilài variant of 賴|赖[lai4]
- 圈juānquān circle; ring; loop (CL:個|个[ge4]); classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; to surround; to circlejuān to confine; to lock up; to pen injuàn livestock enclosure; pen; fold; sty
- 摸mōmō to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
- 仰yǎngyǎng to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on
- 润rùnrùn moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions)
- 堆duīduī to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount
- 碰pèngpèng old variant of 碰[peng4]
- 艇tǐngtǐng vessel; small ship
- 稍shāoshāo somewhat; a little
- 迟chíchí late; delayed; slow
- 辆liàngliàng classifier for vehicles
- 废fèifèi variant of 廢|废[fei4]; disabled
- 净jìngjìng clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role
- 凶xiōngxiōng vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious; famine; variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
- 署shǔshǔ office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. [shu4]) to sign; to arrange
- 壁bìbì wall; rampart
- 御yùyù (bound form) to defend; to resist
- 奉fèngfèng to offer (tribute); to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc); to esteem; to revere; to believe in (a religion); to wait upon; to accept orders (from superior)
- 旋xuánxuán to revolve; a loop; a circlexuàn to whirl; immediately; variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]
- 冬dōngdōng (onom.) beating a drum; rat-a-tat
- 矿kuàngkuàng variant of 礦|矿[kuang4]
- 抬táitái variant of 抬[tai2]
- 蛋dàndàn egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]; oval-shaped thing
- 晨chénchén morning; dawn; daybreak
- 伏fúfú to lean over; to fall (go down); to hide (in ambush); to conceal oneself; to lie low; hottest days of summer; to submit; to concede defeat; to overcome; to subdue; volt
- 吹chuīchuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through
- 鸡jījī fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- 倍bèibèi (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply
- 糊húhú congee; (in 糊口[hu2kou3]) to feed oneselfhù paste; cream
- 秦qínqín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3huang2]; short name for 陝西|陕西[Shan3xi1]
- 盾dùndùn shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
- 杯bēibēi variant of 杯[bei1]; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
- 租zūzū to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax
- 骑qíqí to sit astride; to ride (a horse, bike etc); classifier for saddle horses
- 乏fáfá short of; tired
- 隆lōnglōng sound of drumslóng grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge
- 诊zhěnzhěn to examine or treat medically
- 奴núnú slave
- 摄shèshè (bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
- 丧sāngsāng mourning; funeral; (old) corpsesàng to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc); to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc); to die; disappointed; discouraged
- 污wūwū dirty; filthy; foul; corrupt; to smear; to defile; dirt; filth
- 渡dùdù to cross; to pass through; to ferry
- 旗qíqí banner; flag; (in Qing times) Manchu (cf. 八旗[Ba1 qi2]); administrative subdivision in inner Mongolia equivalent to 縣|县[xian4] county; CL:面[mian4]
- 甘gāngān (bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦[ku3]: bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
- 耐nàinài (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand
- 凭píngpíng to lean against; to rely on; on the basis of; no matter (how, what etc); proof
- 扎zāzā to tie; to bind; classifier for flowers, banknotes etc: bundle; Taiwan pr. [zha2]zhā (of troops) to be stationed (at); Taiwan pr. [zha2]zhá used in 掙扎|挣扎[zheng1zha2]
- 抢qiāngqiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contraryqiǎng to fight over; to rush; to scramble; to grab; to rob; to snatch
- 绪xùxù beginnings; clues; mental state; thread
- 粗cūcū remote; distant; variant of 粗[cu1]
- 肩jiānjiān shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
- 梁liángliáng variant of 梁[liang2]
- 幻huànhuàn fantasy
- 菲fěifěi poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)fēi luxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance; phenanthrene C14H10
- 皆jiējiē all; each and every; in all cases
- 碎suìsuì (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous
- 宙zhòuzhòu eternity; (geology) eon
- 叔shūshū uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2]
- 岩yányán variant of 巖|岩[yan2]
- 荡dàngdàng to wash; to squander; to sweep away; to move; to shake; dissolute; pond
- 综zōngzōng (bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. [zong4]
- 爬pápá to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
- 荷héhè to carry on one's shoulder or back; burden; responsibilityhé lotus
- 悉xīxī in all cases; know
- 蒂dìdì variant of 蒂[di4]
- 返fǎnfǎn to return (to)
- 井jǐngjǐng a well; CL:口[kou3]; neat; orderly
- 壮zhuàngzhuàng to strengthen; strong; robust
- 薄bóbáo thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertilebó meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or nearbò see 薄荷[bo4 he5]
- 悄qiǎoqiǎo quiet; sad
- 扫sǎosǎo to sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of; to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scansào (bound form) a (large) broom
- 敏mǐnmǐn (bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
- 碍àiài to hinder; to obstruct; to block
- 殖zhízhí to grow; to reproduce
- 详xiángxiáng detailed; comprehensive
- 迪dídí to enlighten
- 矛máomáo spear; lance; pike
- 霍huòhuò (literary) suddenly
- 允yǔnyǔn just; fair; to permit; to allow
- 幅fúfú width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures
- 撒sāsā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to peesǎ to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill
- 剩shèngshèng variant of 剩[sheng4]
- 凯kǎikǎi (bound form) triumphal music; (Tw) (coll.) generous with money; lavish in spending; chi (Greek letter Χχ)
- 颗kēkē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
- 骂màmà variant of 罵|骂[ma4]
- 赏shǎngshǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty)
- 液yèyè (bound form) a liquid; also pr. [yi4]
- 番fānfān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort; (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")pān surname Pan
- 箱xiāngxiāng box; trunk; chest
- 贴tiētiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- 漫mànmàn free; unrestrained; to inundate
- 酸suānsuān sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid
- 郎lángláng (arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
- 腰yāoyāo the waist and lower back; (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food); the waist of trousers or a skirt; (metonym) money pouch; pocket; (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
- 舒shūshū to stretch; to unfold; to relax; leisurely
- 眉méiméi eyebrow; upper margin
- 忧yōuyōu to worry; to concern oneself with; worried; anxiety; sorrow; (literary) to observe mourning
- 浮fúfú to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus
- 辛xīnxīn (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa
- 恋liànliàn to feel attached to; to long for; to love
- 餐cāncān meal; to eat; classifier for meals
- 吓xiàxià to frighten; to scarehè to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment)
- 挺tǐngtǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns
- 励lìlì to encourage; to urge
- 辞cící to resign; to dismiss; to decline; (literary) to take leave; (archaic poetic genre) ballad; variant of 詞|词[ci2]
- 艘sāosāo classifier for ships / Taiwan pr. sao1sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sao1]
- 键jiànjiàn key (on a piano or computer keyboard); button (on a mouse or other device); chemical bond; linchpin
- 伍wǔwǔ squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
- 峰fēngfēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance; highest level; classifier for camels
- 尺chǐchě one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]chǐ a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine; CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]
- 昨zuózuó yesterday
- 黎lílí (literary) black; dark; many; multitude
- 辈bèibèi lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
- 贯guànguàn to pierce through; to pass through; to be stringed together; string of 1000 cash
- 侦zhēnzhēn old variant of 偵|侦[zhen1]
- 滑huáhuá to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted
- 券quànquàn variant of 券[quan4]
- 崇chóngchóng high; sublime; lofty; to esteem; to worship
- 扰rǎorǎo to disturb
- 宪xiànxiàn statute; constitution
- 绕ràorào variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour
- 趋qūqū to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- 慈cící compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane
- 乔qiáoqiáo tall
- 阅yuèyuè to inspect; to review; to read; to peruse; to go through; to experience
- 汗hànhàn perspiration; sweat; CL:滴[di1],頭|头[tou2],身[shen1]; to be speechless (out of helplessness, embarrassment etc) (Internet slang used as an interjection)
- 枝zhīzhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- 拖tuōtuō to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on
- 墨mòmò ink stick; China ink; CL:塊|块[kuai4]; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the victim's forehead
- 胁xiéxié variant of 脅|胁[xie2]
- 插chāchā old variant of 插[cha1]
- 箭jiànjiàn arrow; CL:支[zhi1]
- 腊làlà ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month; the 12th lunar month; (bound form) (of meat, fish etc) cured in winter, esp. in the 12th lunar monthxī dried meat; also pr. [xi2]
- 粉fěnfěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲|粉丝[fen3si1]); to be a fan of
- 泥níní mud; clay; paste; pulpnì restrained
- 氏shìshì clan name; maiden name
- 彭péngpéng surname Peng