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.

相见

xiāng jiàn

相见 (xiāng jiàn) is a verb meaning 'to meet eac

相认

xiāng rèn

相认 (xiāng rèn) is a verb meaning 'to recognize

相信

xiāng xìn

相信 means 'to believe' or 'to trust', and is a co

应付

yìng fu

应付 (yìng fù) is a verb meaning 'to cope with'

适应

shì yìng

适应 (shì yìng) is a verb meaning 'to adapt' or

回应

huí yìng

回应 means 'to respond' or 'to reply', and is comm

反应

fǎn yìng

‘反应’ (fǎn yìng) literally combines ‘反’ (f

应用

yìng yòng

应用 (yìng yòng) functions both as a noun meanin

把关

bǎ guān

The word 把关 (bǎ guān) literally combines 把 (b

把握不住

bǎ wò bù zhù

把握不住 literally means 'cannot grasp or hold ont

把握

bǎ wò

把握 (bǎ wò) literally combines 把 (bǎ), meanin

当选

dāng xuǎn

'当选' is a verb meaning 'to be elected' — it des

加工

jiā gōng

'加工' (jiā gōng) is a verb meaning 'to process'

加强

jiā qiáng

‘加强’ is a transitive verb meaning ‘to strengt

加快

jiā kuài

加快 means 'to speed up' or 'to accelerate' — it

加入

jiā rù

'加入' (jiā rù) is a compound verb meaning 'to j

实施

shí shī

实施 (shí shī) is a formal verb meaning 'to impl

实现

shí xiàn

‘实现’ (shí xiàn) is a verb meaning 'to realiz

管理

guǎn lǐ

管理 (guǎn lǐ) is a compound verb meaning 'to ma

整理

zhěng lǐ

整理 (zhěng lǐ) is a verb meaning 'to organize'

理发

lǐ fà

理发 (lǐ fà) literally means 'to manage hair' —

自学

zìxué

‘自学’ literally means ‘self-study’ — combini

融化

róng huà

融化 (róng huà) is a verb meaning 'to melt' — t

消化

xiāo huà

‘消化’ literally combines ‘消’ (to eliminate,

助力

zhù lì

助力 literally means 'to assist with strength' —

努力

nǔ lì

努力 (nǔ lì) literally combines 努 (to exert one

守法

shǒu fǎ

守法 (shǒu fǎ) literally means 'to guard/observe

实行

shíxíng

‘实行’ (shíxíng) is a verb meaning 'to impleme

行动

xíngdòng

行动 (xíngdòng) is a versatile word meaning 'act

肯定

kěn dìng

肯定 (kěn dìng) is a versatile word meaning 'cer

决定

jué dìng

决定 (jué dìng) is a verb meaning 'to decide' or

主办

zhǔ bàn

主办 means 'to host' or 'to organize', especially

归功于

guī gōng yú

'归功于' is a formal, written verb phrase meaning

命题

mìng tí

命题 (mìng tí) literally combines 命 (mìng, 'to

出题

chū tí

出题 (chū tí) literally means 'to bring out a qu

解题

jiě tí

‘解题’ literally means ‘to untie a problem’—

零落

líng luò

零落 (líng luò) is a literary verb meaning 'to w

下雪

xià xuě

'Xià xuě' literally combines the verb 'xià' (to

入门

rù mén

‘入门’ literally means ‘enter the gate’ — com

成长

chéng zhǎng

'Chéng zhǎng' literally combines 'chéng' (to be