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.

改造

gǎi zào

‘改造’ (gǎi zào) is a verb meaning ‘to transf

建造

jiàn zào

建造 (jiàn zào) is a compound verb meaning 'to c

创造

chuàng zào

创造 (chuàng zào) is a verb meaning 'to create'

逗引

dòu yǐn

逗引 is a compound verb meaning 'to entice' or 'to

逗笑

dòu xiào

‘逗笑’ is a verb meaning ‘to make someone laugh

逗趣

dòu qù

逗趣 is a verb meaning 'to be playful or humorous'

逗留

dòu liú

'逗留' (dòu liú) is a verb meaning 'to stay temp

逗乐

dòu lè

‘逗乐’ is a verb meaning ‘to amuse’ or ‘to ma

逐利

zhú lì

逐利 literally means 'to chase profit' — 逐 (zhú

角逐

jué zhú

角逐 literally combines 角 (jué), meaning 'to com

放逐

fàng zhú

放逐 is a formal literary verb meaning 'to banish'

驱逐

qū zhú

驱逐 means 'to expel' or 'to drive out', often wit

透支

tòu zhī

透支 literally means 'to penetrate and support', b

说透

shuō tòu

‘说透’ (shuō tòu) is a compound verb meaning

看透

kàn tòu

‘看透’ literally combines ‘看’ (to look/see) a

逃荒

táo huāng

‘逃荒’ literally means ‘to flee famine’ — com

逃婚

táo hūn

逃婚 literally means 'to flee marriage' — combini

逃学

táo xué

‘逃学’ literally means ‘to escape school’ — t

逃亡

táo wáng

逃亡 (táo wáng) is a compound verb meaning 'to f

逃跑

táo pǎo

‘逃跑’ is a compound verb meaning 'to run away'

退让

tuì ràng

退让 (tuì ràng) is a compound verb meaning 'to y

退票

tuì piào

‘退票’ literally means ‘to withdraw a ticket’

退婚

tuì hūn

退婚 literally means 'to withdraw a marriage' and

退烧

tuì shāo

‘退烧’ literally means ‘to withdraw heat’ and

追述

zhuī shù

‘追述’ is a formal literary verb meaning ‘to re

阐述

chǎn shù

阐述 means 'to expound' or 'to elaborate' — to ex

转述

zhuǎn shù

‘转述’ is a verb meaning to relay or report some

返璞归真

fǎn pú guī zhēn

返璞归真 is a classical four-character idiom meani

返聘

fǎn pìn

返聘 (fǎn pìn) literally means 'to return and hi

返工

fǎn gōng

返工 (fǎn gōng) literally combines 返 (fǎn), me

返校

fǎn xiào

返校 literally means 'return to school' — 返 (fǎ

自辩

zì biàn

‘自辩’ literally means ‘self-defense’ or ‘to

争辩

zhēng biàn

‘争辩’ is a compound verb meaning 'to argue' or

辩解

biàn jiě

‘辩解’ is a verb meaning ‘to explain away’ or

辩护

biàn hù

'辩护' (biàn hù) literally combines '辩' (to arg

辩论

biàn lùn

辩论 (biàn lùn) means 'debate' — a formal, stru

告辞

gào cí

‘告辞’ is a formal, polite verb meaning 'to take

辞谢

cí xiè

辞谢 (cí xiè) is a formal, written-style verb me

辞行

cí xíng

辞行 (cí xíng) is a formal or respectful verb me

辑佚

jí yì

'Jí yì' (辑佚) is a specialized scholarly verb m