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Commonly used chinese characters
- hòu候wait;await;inquire after;time;season;condition;state10
- néng能ability;capability;skill;energy;able;capable;can;be able to;be capable of;a surname10
- zǐ子son;person;ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man;seed;young;small;tender;you3
- xià下below;down;under;underneath;downward;descend;alight;get off;fall3
- nián年year;New Year;age;a period in one989s life;annual;yearly6
- hòu后after;rear;post-;back;behind;queen;retro-6
- zuò作rise;get up;stand up;write;writings;work;do;workshop;mill7
- jiā家family;household;home;a person or family engaged in a certain trade;my;domestic;tame;internal10
- duō多many;much;more;more than the correct or required number;over;odd;exceed a number;much more;far more6
- qù去go;leave;remove;get rid of;past;last;very;extremely;falling tone, one of the four tones in classical Chinese and the fourth tone in modern standard Chinese pronunciation5
- xué学study;learn;imitate;mimic;learning;knowledge;subject of study;branch of learning8
- dū都all;just because of;even;already;capital;big city;metropolis10
- tóng同same;similar;alike;like;be the same as;together;in common;with;as;for;and;as well as6
- xiàn现present;now;current;existing;in time of need;extempore;on hand;show;appear;reveal8
- miàn面face;surface;top;outside;soft and floury;superficial;personally;directly9
- kàn看see;look at;watch;read;look after;take care of;tend;keep under surveillance9
- xiǎng想think;like;guess;suppose;trust;scheme;inclined;reckon;ponder;ideate13
- zuò做do;make;prepare;perform;performance;write;produce;manufacture;go about;perpetrate11
- wéi为do;act;serve as;act as;by;support;stand for4
- dào到arrive;reach;get to;go to;up until;up to;thoughtful;considerate8
- yǐ以use;take;with;by;according to;because of;and;as well as4
- yào要important;essential;essential points;headline;want;ask for;wish;desire;if;suppose;in case;demand;ask;force;coerce9
- jiù就come near;move towards;go to;take up;with regard to;concerning;on;in respect of;at once;right away;as early as;already;even if12
- kě可approve;can;may;need;but;yet;about5
- dé得get;obtain;gain;result in;fit;proper;satisfied;complacent;need;must;have to;be sure to11
- shì事matter;affair, thing;business;trouble;wait upon;serve;be engaged in8
- yì意meaning;idea;wish;desire;anticipate;expect13
- qíng情feeling;affection;sentiment;favour11
- biǎo表outside;surface;external;the relationship between the children or grandchildren of a brother and a sister or of sisters;show;manifest;express;administer medicine to bring out the cold8
- cì次order;sequence;stopping place on a journey;stopover;second;next;second-rate;inferior;hypo-6
- mén门door;gate;entrance;exit;phylum;hilum3
- cháng常ordinary;common;normal;constant;frequently;often;usually;norms11
- jiào教teach;instruct;ask;order;religion11
- bǐ比compare;compete;contrast;match;ratio;proportion;comparison;than;to;close together;next to;specific;recently4
- zhēn真true;genuine;real;really;truly;indeed;clearly;regular script10
- zǒu走go;walk;move;run;play;foot;leg;go through;tread7
- tí题subject;title;topic;problem;inscribe;write12
- bié别leave;take one989s departure;differentiate;distinguish;distinction;difference;classification;other;another;some other;don989t;maybe;change7
- bào报report;declare;announce;reply;newspaper;periodical;journal;bulletin7
- wù务affair;business;be engaged in;devote to;must;should5
- biàn便convenience;ease;shit or piss;excrement or urine;convenient;handy;informal;ordinary;just;simply;then;in that case;even if;even though;relieve oneself;quiet and comfortable9
- yǎn眼eye;aperture;small hole;key point11
- bái白white;clear;pure;plain;without results;in vain;waste efforts;free of charge;spoken part in opera, etc;dialect;explain;present;clear up;state5
- sī思think;consider;deliberate;think of;thought;thinking9
- sè色colour;look;countenance;expression6
- biān边side;section;edge;margin;along;while5
- lí离leave;part from;be away from;separate;li, one of the Eight Diagrams10
- xīn心the heart;mind;feeling;sentient4
- lì力power;strength;ability;capacity;energetically;strenuously;vigorously;do all one can;make every effort2
- bǎ把grasp;hold;guard;watch;handle;bundle;bunch;used before objects with handles or things to take hold of;a handful of;used before abstract things;used in things done with hands;about;or so;grip;stem;subj7
- wù物object;thing;matter;res;other people;chose8
- yīng应answer;respond;agree;promise;respond to;echo;comply with7
- tóu头head;hair or hair style;top;tip;lead;first;last;previous;prior to;about;before5
- wén文character;script;writing;language;tattoo;cover up;paint over;civil;civilian;gentle;elegant4
- xiāng相each other;one another;mutually;see for oneself;quality;looks;appearance;bearing;posture;look at and appraise;assist9
- bèi被quilt;cover;spread;suffer10
- jǐ己oneself;one989s own;personal;the sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems3
- jiā加add;plus;increase;augment;add up;addition;foot;deposite5
- tè特particular;special;exceptional;unusual;especially;very;for a special purpose;specially;special or secret agent;spy;bull;three-year old beast;but;only;except that10
- xìn信letter;mail;message;word;believe;take stock in;credit;at will;true9
- huà化change;turn;transform;convert;chemistry;-ize;-ify;spend;expend4
- shì世generation;life;age;epoch;lifetime5
- shēng声sound;voice;reputation;initial consonant;make a sound;declare;announce7
- tí提carry;lift;raise;promote;dipper;rising stroke12
- jiě解separate;divide;untie;undo;solution;send under guard;understand;see13
- kǒu口opening;mouth;entrance;rim3
- píng平flat;level;even;smooth;be on the same level;equal;make the same score;tie;draw;level tone, one of the four tones in classical Chinese5
- gǎn感feel;sense;be grateful;be obliged;feeling;emotion13
- jiē接connect;receive;join;call for;get;come into contact with;catch;come close to11
- wàn万ten thousand;a very great number;myriad;many;absolutely;extremely;by all means3
- qīng清unmixed;clear;quiet;distinct;clean up;settle;clear up;count;the Qing Dynasty11
- dài带belt;girdle;ribbon;band;take;bring;carry;do sth. incidentally9
- fēng风wind;practice;atmosphere;custom;put out to dry or air;winnow;air-dried;rumoured;groundless4
- yuán元first;primary;chief;principal;yuan, the monetary unit of China;the Yuan Dynasty;a coin of fixed value and weight;element;origin4
- dān单one;single;odd;unlined;singly;alone;only;solely;sheet;bill;list;a surname8
- tiáo调transfer;shift;move;allot;accent;key;air;tune;harmonize;suit well;fit in perfectly;mix10
- huā花flower;blossom;bloom;anything resembling a flower;multicoloured;coloured;variegated;blurred;spend;expend7
- fù复repeated;double;duplicate;complex;turn round;turn over;answer;reply;again;repeatedly9
- mǎn满full;filled;packed;satisfied;fill;expire;reach the limit;very;rather;quite;completely;the Man nationality13
- yuè越get over;jump over;exceed;overstep;Yue, a state in the Zhou Dynasty12
- róng容hold;contain;tolerate;permit;facial expression;appearance;looks10
- bāo包wrap;surround;encircle;envelop;bundle;package;pack;packet;bale;box5
- shǐ史history;an official who was in charge of historical record and historical events in the ancient times5
- chá查check;examine;look into;investigate;hawthorn;haw9
- yì易easy;amiable;change;exchange8
- chú除get rid of;eliminate;remove;divide;except;besides;steps to a house;doorsteps9
- lì历experience;calendar;almanac;pass through;undergo;all previous;all through;all over;one by one4
- jiào较compare;dispute;comparatively;relatively;fairly;quite;clear;obvious;marked10
- cān参join;enter;take part in;refer;ginseng;Shen, one of the lunar mansions8
- duàn段paragraph;section;segment;part;stage;place;piece;dan9
- bān般sort;type;kind;way;as;like;alike in;happy;big;big ship;revolve;pace up and down10
- céng层storey;tier;stratum;a component part in a sequence;layer upon layer;multiple7
- tiě铁cutter;chopper;axe;iron;arms;weapon;hard;strong;solid as iron;violent and crack;resolve;determine10
- bù部part;section;division;region;command10
- wú无not have;there is not;be without;nothing;nil;not;regardless of;no matter whether, what, etc4
- yǔ与give;offer;grant;get along with;and;together with;take part in;participate in3
- mín民the people;a member of a nationality;a person of a certain occupation;civilians;folk;civilian;civil5
- quán全complete;whole;entire;full;entirely;completely;totally;make perfect or complete;keep intact6
- jiāng将support;take;bring;take care of;with;by means of;by;partly ... partly;general;commander in chief, the chief piece in Chinese chess;command;lead;ask;appeal for9
- yóu由cause;reason;pass through;follow;obey;because of;due to;by;through5