Common separable words HSK PLUS

Here are some common separable words in Chinese.

shàng zuò r上座儿draw customers/audience; draw large audience

xià dìng下碇anchor

chuàn wèi r串味儿absorb the smell of something else

shǐ bàn r使绊儿trip the opponent with a leg trick; injure somebody by underhand methods

gòng shì供事take a post

zuò huó r做活儿do manual labour

chū tān r出摊儿set up a stand/stall

chū cáo出槽leach tank

páo gēn r刨根儿get to the root of the matter

biàn fǎ r变法儿try everything

háo sāng号丧cry/howl at a funeral; cry

mèi shì媚世play to the gallery

fēng zhāi封斋Ramadan; Catholic fasting period, when Catholics fast on specific days

wǎi ní崴泥fail

dài hǎo r带好儿give regards to

píng cáo平槽rise as high as the banks

yìng mǎo应卯show up and do one's work perfunctorily

kāi lí开犁start a year's ploughing

kāi piáo r开瓢儿make a cut in one's head

xuán wàn悬腕suspend the wrist

lèng shén r愣神儿stare blankly

huāng shén r慌神儿be scared out of one's wits

dǎ bēn r打奔儿pause in speaking or reciting; stumble

dǎ chù打怵flinch

dǎ zá r打杂儿do odds and ends

dǎ niān r打蔫儿shrivel; listless

dǎ míng r打鸣儿crow

zhuā jiū r抓阄儿draw lots

chōu tái抽薹pullulate

lā hòu tuǐ拉后腿use one's personal connections in order to hold somebody back; the progress of the overall work affected by the poor local work

lā guǎ r拉呱儿chat

lā yāng拉秧uproot plants after harvest time

gǒng huǒ拱火add fuel to the flames

guà chú挂锄put away the hoe

guà lián挂镰complete the year's harvesting

dǎng hèng r挡横儿obstruct

āi biān挨边keep close to the edge; be close to

nuó wō r挪窝儿move to another place; move

shāo jiǎo捎脚give somebody a ride/lift

jiǎn lòu r捡漏儿seize on one's loopholes

huàn chá换茬change crops

diào diǎn r掉点儿start to rain

jiē chá r接茬儿chime in; go on with

dā chá r搭茬儿pick up the thread of a conversation and take part in it

bǎi pǔ r摆谱儿keep up appearances; put on airs

tān cháng摊场spread on a threshing ground grain that has just been gathered in

mō hēi r摸黑儿grope in the dark

biào jìn r摽劲儿compete and try to get the upperhand

liào shǒu撂手lay/put aside what one is doing

gǎn zhān擀毡be fluffy and dishevelled; felt

shōu tān r收摊儿pack up the stall

xiē shǎng歇晌have/take a siesta

méi pǔ r没谱儿be unsure; unreliable

lào huā烙花pyrograph

zhào miàn r照面儿show up; encounter

wán r piào玩儿票act/perform as a sideline; do a job as a sideline or for nothing

lóng huǒ笼火make/raise a fire

xù wō絮窝make a nest

rào wān r绕弯儿go for a stroll; talk in a roundabout way

rào yuǎn r绕远儿circuitous; go the long way round

fān gè r翻个儿turn over

shuǎ hóu r耍猴儿put on a monkey show; kid

tuō pī脱坯mould adobe blocks

lào jià落价drop/go down in price; fall down

lào hàn落汗stop sweating

luò biāo落膘become emaciated

lào shǎi落色discolour

yán shēng r言声儿say

zǒu shǎi走色lose colour

zǒu diào r走调儿out of tune

zǒu dào r走道儿walk

gǎn tàng r赶趟儿be in time

qǐ míng r起名儿name

qǐ zāng起赃track down and recover stolen goods

sòng xìn r送信儿convey a message

dòu lè r逗乐儿amuse

mǎo jìn r铆劲儿make sudden all-out effort; compete

dǐng niú r顶牛儿clash; build up a sequence

xià běn r下本儿put in time, money and effort

còu qù r凑趣儿join in just to please others; make a joke about

yā wàn压蔓press the vine

fā xiǎng发饷issue pay to soldiers; distribute rations for soldiers

kàng dīng抗丁fight against press-ganging

ái cī r挨呲儿be told off

méi kòng r没空儿have no time for something

pài huó r派活儿assign work

miè chá灭茬get rid of short stumps of grain left standing after harvesting

jiě kòu r解扣儿unbutton; remove

pǎo tuǐ r跑腿儿run errands

shàng shuān上闩up latch

kāi xiǎng开饷issue pay

tí tóu r提头儿start a discussion

lōu huǒ搂火pull a trigger

yáo lóu摇耧rock a drill barrow in planting

liū gōng溜工sneak away during work hours

zāo niè遭孽same as 遭罪

zāo wēn遭瘟suffer a plague; awful

chěng liǎn逞脸show off

dú tiē读帖read the copybook for calligraphy

sòng liàn送殓see the dead put in the coffin at the funeral