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.

消除

xiāo chú

消除 (xiāo chú) is a transitive verb meaning 'to

消费

xiāo fèi

消费 means 'to consume' (as a verb) or 'consumptio

消失

xiāo shī

'消失' (xiāo shī) is a verb meaning 'to disappea

浪费

làng fèi

‘Làng fèi’ is a verb meaning 'to waste' — typ

流浪

liú làng

‘流浪’ (liú làng) is a verb meaning ‘to wande

流放

liú fàng

流放 (liú fàng) is a formal verb meaning 'to ban

流血

liú xuè

流血 (liú xuè) literally means 'to flow blood'

流泪

liú lèi

‘流泪’ literally means ‘to flow tears’ — comb

流行

liú xíng

‘流行’ (liú xíng) literally combines ‘流’ (l

复活

fù huó

复活 (fù huó) literally combines 复 (fù), meani

存活

cún huó

存活 means 'to survive' or 'to stay alive', emphas

活动

huó dòng

活动 (huó dòng) is a versatile word meaning 'act

污蔑

wū miè

污蔑 means 'to slander' or 'to falsely accuse' —

流汗

liú hàn

流汗 (liú hàn) literally means 'to flow sweat'

出汗

chū hàn

'Chū hàn' literally means 'to emit sweat'—'chū

永存

yǒngcún

永存 (yǒngcún) is a formal, literary verb meanin

累死

lèi sǐ

累死 (lèi sǐ) is an expressive, colloquial phras

死心

sǐ xīn

死心 (sǐ xīn) literally means 'dead heart'—comb

止步

zhǐ bù

止步 literally means 'stop stepping' — combining

止痛

zhǐ tòng

止痛 (zhǐ tòng) literally means 'to stop pain'

停止

tíng zhǐ

停止 (tíng zhǐ) is a compound verb meaning 'to s

谢歉

xiè qiàn

‘谢歉’ is a literary, compound verb meaning 'to

致歉

zhì qiàn

致歉 is a formal verb meaning 'to offer an apology

道歉

dào qiàn

道歉 means 'to apologize' — a formal, respectful

打标

dǎ biāo

‘打标’ (dǎ biāo) literally combines 打 (dǎ),

概括

gài kuò

概括 means 'to summarize' or 'to generalize' — it

植根

zhí gēn

植根 literally means 'to plant roots' — combining

植入

zhí rù

‘植入’ (zhí rù) is a verb meaning 'to implant'

植树

zhí shù

植树 (zhí shù) literally means 'to plant trees'

自弃

zìqì

自弃 is a compound verb meaning 'to abandon onesel

弃暗投明

qì àn tóu míng

‘弃暗投明’ is a classical four-character idiom m

遗弃

yíqì

‘遗弃’ (yíqì) is a formal, often legally or mo

抛弃

pāoqì

抛弃 (pāoqì) is a compound verb meaning 'to aban

弃权

qìquán

‘弃权’ literally means ‘to abandon rights’ —

放弃

fàngqì

‘放弃’ (fàngqì) is a compound verb meaning ‘t

结案

jié àn

'Jié àn' literally combines 'jié' (to conclude,

立案

lì àn

立案 (lì àn) literally means 'to establish a cas

浸染

jìn rǎn

‘浸染’ literally combines ‘浸’ (to soak, immer

染色

rǎn sè

‘染色’ (rǎn sè) literally means ‘to apply col

松开

sōng kāi

松开 is a compound verb meaning 'to loosen' or 'to