Browse "Verb" Characters

Every character has an origin. Discover the pictographs, myths, and history behind each Chinese character — with pinyin, stroke order, HSK level, and audio pronunciation.

匹配

pǐ pèi

'匹配' (pǐ pèi) is a verb meaning 'to match' or

汇集

huì jí

汇集 is a transitive verb meaning 'to gather' or '

汇报

huì bào

汇报 (huì bào) is a verb meaning 'to report (upw

汇总

huì zǒng

汇总 (huì zǒng) is a verb meaning 'to compile' o

汇款

huì kuǎn

‘汇款’ (huì kuǎn) literally combines ‘汇’ (t

勿信

wù xìn

勿信 is a formal, concise imperative phrase meanin

勿食

wù shí

'勿食' is a formal, written imperative phrase mean

勿动

wù dòng

‘勿动’ is a concise, formal command meaning 'do

勿近

wù jìn

'勿近' is a concise, formal command meaning 'do no

勿扰

wù rǎo

‘勿扰’ is a concise, formal phrase meaning ‘do

勿忘

wù wàng

勿忘 is a classical, concise imperative phrase mea

匀摊

yún tān

‘匀摊’ is a verb meaning ‘to share equally’ or

匀开

yún kāi

'匀开' (yún kāi) is a verb meaning 'to spread ou

匀出

yún chū

'匀出' (yún chū) is a compound verb meaning 'to

劝退

quàntuì

劝退 (quàntuì) is a verb meaning 'to advise some

劝酒

quànjiǔ

劝酒 literally means 'to urge (劝) alcohol (酒)' a

劝阻

quànzǔ

劝阻 is a compound verb meaning 'to dissuade' or '

劝说

quànshuō

劝说 means 'to persuade' or 'to urge verbally' —

慰劳

wèi láo

‘慰劳’ is a compound verb meaning ‘to comfort a

劳神

láo shén

劳神 literally combines 劳 (láo, 'to toil' or 'to

胜过

shèng guò

胜过 (shèng guò) is a transitive verb meaning 't

取胜

qǔ shèng

取胜 literally means 'to take victory' — the char

获胜

huò shèng

获胜 (huò shèng) is a verb meaning 'to win' — s

用劲

yòng jìn

'用劲' (yòng jìn) is a verb meaning 'to apply st

使劲

shǐ jìn

‘使劲’ is a verb meaning 'to exert effort' or 't

剪断

jiǎn duàn

‘剪断’ is a compound verb meaning 'to cut off' o

修剪

xiū jiǎn

修剪 is a compound verb meaning 'to prune' or 'to

剪辑

jiǎn jí

‘剪辑’ (jiǎn jí) is a verb meaning ‘to edit’

刺激

cì jī

'Cì jī' literally combines 'cì' (to prick, pier

删去

shān qù

‘删去’ is a transitive verb meaning ‘to delete

删掉

shān diào

‘删掉’ (shān diào) is a common colloquial verb

删节

shān jié

‘删节’ (shān jié) is a compound word meaning

删改

shān gǎi

‘删改’ is a compound verb meaning ‘to edit and

删减

shān jiǎn

删减 (shān jiǎn) is a compound verb meaning 'to

删除

shān chú

删除 (shān chú) is a formal, transitive verb mea

初露锋芒

chū lù fēng máng

‘初露锋芒’ literally means ‘initially reveals t

解冻

jiě dòng

‘解冻’ literally means ‘to untie freezing’ —

冻结

dòng jié

冻结 literally means 'to freeze'—combining 冻 (d

凌辱

líng rǔ

凌辱 is a formal, strong verb meaning 'to humiliat

凌驾

líng jià

凌驾 (líng jià) is a formal, literary verb meani