1,000 Chinese verbs

to be; indicating that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.

to have; to possess (when a subject is present)

to say; to speak

to know how to perform a task; can; to be able to

to want; to wish

to come; to arrive

to wait (for)

can; to be able to; to be capable of; to be allowed to

to allow; to let; to permit

to give

to look; to see; to watch

to go to; to leave for

to do; to perform

to use; to employ; to operate

to want; to wish for; to desire

to love

to listen; to hear; to listen to (radio, etc.)

to go; to walk; to go on foot

to eat; to consume

to open; to unlatch; to unfasten

to ask

to stand

to compose (a text or work); to write; to draft; to create

to meet; to see

to be called

to buy; to purchase

to look for; to seek

to take; to hold; to grasp

to learn; to study

to live; to dwell; to reside

to return; to go back

to run

to help; to assist; to aid

to sell

to close; to shut

to read (silently); to peruse

to understand; to comprehend

to sit; to take a seat

to drink

to sleep

to not have; to have no; to not be

can; to be able to

to not be

to do or become in what way

to develop; to expand; to grow

to start; to begin; to commence

to work (to be engaged in a mental or physical activity)

to proceed with; to carry out; to conduct; to be in progress

to know (something); to be aware of

to become; to turn into; to change into