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Top Most Commonly Used Chinese Characters 7 & 8

61没(F沒)[méi] (=没有 méiyǒu) haven't, there isn't; 有没有? Yǒuméiyǒu? Is there or isn't there? Have (you) or haven't (you)?
[mò] sink, overflow, disappear, confiscate
62日[rì] sun, (=日子 rìzi) day; 日记 rìjì diary; 日光 rìguāng sunlight
{Compare with 曰 yuē say, 目 mù eye and 甘 gān sweet}
63于[yú] , (F於) in, at, for, to, from, by, than
{Compare with 千 qiān thousand and 干 gān stem}
64起[qǐ] rise, start; 起来 qǐlai get up; 对不起 duìbuqǐ excuse me
[qi] (when used as a verb complement)
65还(F還)[hái] still, yet
[huán] return, give back
66发[fā] (F發) deliver, utter, express, shoot, emit, develop, expand
[fà] (F髮) hair
[fa] (F髮) 头发 tóufa hair
67成[chéng] (=成为 chéngwéi, =变成 biànchéng) become, ; 成功 chénggōng succeed; 完成 wánchéng accomplish, complete, fulfill; 成语 chéngyǔ idiom
68事[shì] matter, affair, thing, event, accident, job, responsibility; 事情 shìqing situation
69只(F祇)[zhǐ] only, just, merely, ; 一只猫 yì zhǐ māo a cat
[zhī] (F隻) single, one, only
{Compare with 兄 xiōng brother}
70作[zuò] do, make; 工作 gōngzuò work; 作业 zuòyè homework
[zuó] 作践 zuójian spoil, waste, humiliate, insult
[zuō] do
71当[dāng] (F當) serve as, (F噹) ding-dong
[dàng] (F當) proper, right, equal, (=当作 dàngzuò) treat as, regard as
72想[xiǎng] think, feel, consider, want, remember
73看[kàn] see, look at, read, think, consider
[kān] look after, tend; 看守 kānshǒu guard
74文[wén] language, literature, ; 文化 wénhuà culture; 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (written) language
75无(F無)[wú] without, nothingness, have not
[mó] 南无 nánmó to give oneself totally to
{Compare with 天 tiān heaven}
76开(F開)[kāi] open; 开始 kāishǐ begin 打开 dǎkāi open, unfold
[kai] (when used as a verb complement)
{Compare with 并 bìng combine}
77手[shǒu] hand, a person skilled in something; 挥手 huīshǒu wave; 拍手 pāishǒu clap; 握手 wòshǒu shake/clasp hands
{Compare with 毛 máo hair}
78十(A拾)[shí] ten; 十三 shísān thirteen; 五十 wǔshí fifty; 十月 shíyuè October
79用[yòng] use; 好用 hǎoyòng useful; 不用 búyòng there's no need; 使用 shǐyòng use, apply
{Compare with 甩 shuǎi swing}
80主[zhǔ] lord, master, host, god, (=主要 zhǔyào) main, primary; 主义 zhǔyì doctrine, ~ism; 主页 zhùyè homepage
{Compare with 王 wáng king}

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