走 zǒu 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) syn 接 jiē 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 syn 认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart syn 带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry / to take away syn 拿走 ná zǒu to take away syn 冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks / to take chances / foray / adventure syn 摆脱 擺脫 bǎi tuō to break away from / to cast off (old ideas etc) / to get rid of / to break away (from) / to break out (of) / to free oneself from / to extricate oneself syn 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to / to greet / to say hello to / to inform / to take care of / to take care that one does not syn 丢掉 丟掉 diū diào to lose / to throw away / to discard / to cast away syn 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy / fine food / gourmet food syn 消磨 xiāo mó to wear down / to sap / to whittle away / to while away / to idle away syn 卖命 賣命 mài mìng to work tirelessly / to give one's all / to slave away / to throw away one's life / to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause) syn 熟食 shú shí cooked food / prepared food / deli food syn 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 外带 外帶 wài dài take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone syn 上岗 上崗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post / to go on duty / to take up a job 油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food / oily food / (of food) greasy / oily / fatty / (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious / pretentious / vulgar syn 佳肴 佳餚 jiā yáo fine food / delicacies / delicious food syn 驶离 駛離 shǐ lí to steer (the plane) away from / to drive away (from a place) / to leave 绕行 繞行 rào xíng to take a circular (or circuitous) route / to do a circuit / (of a planet) to orbit / (of a sailor) to circumnavigate / to take a detour / to bypass 接班 jiē bān to take over (from those working the previous shift) / to take over (in a leadership role etc) / to succeed sb syn 客场 客場 kè chǎng away-game arena / away-game venue 乘机 乘機 chéng jī to take the opportunity / to take a plane syn 犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn 越俎代庖 yuè zǔ dài páo lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom) / fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs / to take matters into one's own hands syn 酒菜 jiǔ cài food and drink / food to accompany wine syn 食量 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake syn 调理 調理 tiáo lǐ to nurse one's health / to recuperate / to take care of / to look after / to discipline / to educate / to train / to prepare food / (dialect) to make fun of / (medicine) to opsonize syn 锲而不舍 鍥而不捨 qiè ér bù shě to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom) / to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts syn 想不开 想不開 xiǎng bu kāi cannot figure out / to be unable to take a lighter view / to take things too hard / to be depressed / to fret over trifles syn 食疗 食療 shí liáo (TCM) food therapy / treatment via food 蹉跎 cuō tuó (literary) to slip / (of looks etc) to fade away / (of time) to slip away / to squander (time, opportunities) / to dillydally syn 受戒 shòu jiè to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders 亲征 親征 qīn zhēng to take to the field oneself (of emperor) / to take part in person in an expedition 自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie 下场 下場 xià chǎng to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system) syn 当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as / to assume a position / to assume / to take on (an office) 绿色食品 綠色食品 lǜ sè shí pǐn clean, unadulterated food product / organic food 放在心上 fàng zài xīn shàng to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart syn 跑掉 pǎo diào to run away / to take to one's heels 取走 qǔ zǒu to remove / to take away 抓去 zhuā qù to arrest and take away 速食 sù shí (of food) fast / instant / (Tw) fast food 撕掉 sī diào to tear out (and throw away) / to rip away 菜篮子 菜籃子 cài lán zi vegetable or food basket / (fig.) food supply 言听计从 言聽計從 yán tīng jì cóng to see, hear and obey (idiom) / to take advice / to take sb at his word syn 食补 食補 shí bǔ tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful) / to eat such foods 吃豆腐 chī dòu fu to take liberties with (a woman) / to tease with sexual innuendo / to sexually harass / to take advantage of sb 吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences 寒食 hán shí cold food (i.e. to abstain from cooked food for 3 days around the Qingming festival 清明節|清明节) / the Qingming festival 补养 補養 bǔ yǎng to take a tonic or nourishing food to build up one's health syn 坐 zuò to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4] syn 跑 pǎo 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 / off syn 脱 脫 tuō to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from syn 夺 奪 duó 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 syn 占 zhàn to take possession of / to occupy / to take up syn 考 kǎo to check / to verify / to test / to examine / to take an exam / to take an entrance exam for / deceased father syn 慢慢来 慢慢來 màn màn lái take your time / take it easy 摘 zhāi to take / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc) / to select / to pick out / to borrow money at a time of urgent need syn 撤 chè to remove / to take away syn 消 xiāo 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 syn 揽 攬 lǎn to monopolize / to seize / to take into one's arms / to embrace / to fasten (with a rope etc) / to take on (responsibility etc) / to canvass syn 祛 qū sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove syn 黄袍加身 黃袍加身 huáng páo jiā shēn lit. to take the yellow gown (idiom) / fig. to be made emperor / to take the crown syn 听其自然 聽其自然 tīng qí zì rán to let things take their course / to take things as they come syn 寅吃卯粮 寅吃卯糧 yín chī mǎo liáng lit. eating away next year's food in advance / fig. to dip into the next month's check / live now, pay later syn 抄小路 chāo xiǎo lù to take the back roads / to take the side streets / to take the small paths syn 乘人不备 乘人不備 chéng rén bù bèi to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom) / to take sb by surprise 去 qù 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) syn 别 別 bié 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]) syn 开 開 kāi 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 syn 马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once / right away / immediately / on horseback (i.e. by military force) syn 离 離 lí 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 / ☲ syn 消失 xiāo shī to disappear / to fade away syn 收 shōu to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name) syn 去世 qù shì to pass away / to die syn 逃跑 táo pǎo to flee from sth / to run away / to escape syn 走开 走開 zǒu kāi to leave / to walk away / to beat it / to move aside syn 滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn 远离 遠離 yuǎn lí to be far from / to keep away from syn 在家 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1jia1]) 逃走 táo zǒu to escape / to flee / to run away syn 即便 jí biàn even if / even though / right away / immediately syn 出门 出門 chū mén to go out / to leave home / to go on a journey / away from home / (of a woman) to get married syn 逃脱 逃脫 táo tuō to run away / to escape syn 扔掉 rēng diào to throw away / to throw out syn 脱离 脫離 tuō lí to separate oneself from / to break away from / diastasis (medicine) / abscission / abjunction (botany) syn 清除 qīng chú to clear away / to eliminate / to get rid of syn 收藏 shōu cáng to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc) / to put away for safekeeping / (Internet) to bookmark / a collection syn 避开 避開 bì kāi to avoid / to evade / to keep away from syn 过世 過世 guò shì to die / to pass away syn 出走 chū zǒu to leave home / to go off / to run away syn 老远 老遠 lǎo yuǎn very far away syn 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large 脱身 脫身 tuō shēn to get away / to escape (from obligations) / to free oneself / to disengage syn 唠叨 嘮叨 láo dao to prattle / to chatter away / to nag / garrulous / nagging syn 外出 wài chū to go out / to go away (on a trip etc) syn 溜走 liū zǒu to slip away / to leave secretly syn 得逞 dé chěng to prevail / to have one's way / to get away with it syn 放过 放過 fàng guò to let off / to let slip by / to let sb get away with sth 