100 Most common Chinese verbs list

– Basic & Useful verbs list –

Want to learn the Chinese language? Here’s a complete list of the most basic, common and useful verbs in Chinese with their translation in English. Ideal to help you boost your Chinese vocabulary!

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ENGLISH	CHINESE
to accept	Jiēshòu
to add	tiānjiā
to allow	yǔnxǔ
to answer	huídá
to arrive	dàodá
to ask	wèn
to be	chéngwéi
to become	chéngwéi
to believe	xiāngxìn
to break	dǎpò
to bring	dài lái
to buy	mǎi
to call	dǎ diànhuà
to change	gǎibiàn
to choose	xuǎnzé
to clean	qīngjié
to close	guānbì
to come	lái
to come back	huílái
to continue	jiēzhe shuō
to cook	zuò fàn
to count	shù shù
to cry	kū
to cut	qiè
to decide	juédìng
to do	qù zuò
to drive	jiàchē
to eat	qù chī
to enter	jìnrù
to exist	cúnzài
to explain	jiěshì
to fall	diédǎo
to fall asleep	rùshuì
to find	zhǎodào
to finish	wánchéng
to fly	fēi
to follow	gēnsuí
to forget	wàngjì
to get off	xiàlái
to get out	chūqù
to give	jǐyǔ
to go	qù
to have	jùyǒu
to hear	tīng dào
to help	bāngzhù
to hold	jǔxíng
to keep	bǎochí
to know	zhīdào
to laugh	xiào
to learn	xuéxí
to leave	líkāi
to listen	tīng
to live	wèile huózhe
to look like	kàn qǐlái xiàng
to look	kàn
to lose	shīqù
to love	qù ài
to make	zuò
to meet	jiànmiàn
to need	xūyào
to open	dǎkāi
to pay	zhīfù
to play	wán
to prepare	zhǔnbèi
to prevent	zǔzhǐ
to put	fàng zài
to read	dúshū
to recall	huíyì
to receive	shòudào
to recognize	qù biànrèn
to refuse	jùjué
to remember	jì zhù
to repeat	chóngfù
to rest	xiūxí
to return	fǎnhuí
to run	pǎobù
to say	shuō
to search	xúnzhǎo
to see	chákàn
to sell	mài
to send	fāsòng
to shoot	pāishè
to show	yǐ xiǎnshì
to sing	chànggē
to sit down	zuò xià
to sleep	shuìjiào
to start	kāishǐ
to stay	liú xiàlái
to stop	tíngzhǐ
to succeed	chénggōng
to switch off	guān diào
to take	cǎiqǔ
to talk	shuōhuà
to taste	qù cháng cháng
to think	xiǎng
to throw	rēng
to touch	chùmō
to try	chángshì
to turn	zhuǎn
to turn on	dǎkāi
to understand	liǎojiě
to use	shǐyòng
to wait	děngdài
to wake up	qǐchuáng
to walk	zǒu
to want	xiǎng yào
to wash up	xǐle
to wear	chuān
to win	yíngdé
to work	qù gōngzuò
to write	lái xiě

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