Chinese verbs · Page 13

to be engaged; to be busy

to move house; to move to a new home

to lose; to misplace

to wait for; to await

to provide disaster relief; to help disaster victims

to hand over; to surrender

to hunt (wild animals)

to send one's regards; to send one's respects; to greet; to ask how someone is; to show concern to someone

to earn money

to not acknowledge defeat or inferiority

to collude with; to conspire; to gang up with; to collaborate (to voluntarily cooperate treasonably)

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate; to adjourn; to defer; to prolong

to be inferior to (in rank, importance, etc.)

to govern a state; to run a country; to administer state affairs

to be disgusted with; to dislike; to have a bad reaction to

to put somebody in a difficult situation; to embarrass somebody; to baffle; to fox; to puzzle

to be no good; to be intolerable

to underestimate; to underrate

to be responsible for; to be in charge of

to only wish that; if only

to wait for a long time

to depend on (be determined by); to hinge upon; to be subject to

to be earlier than planned or expected

to be faced with a nuisance or an unpleasant problem; to feel annoyed; to have a headache

to crash

to bless and protect; to be safeguarded

to do physical work; to do manual labour; to toil

to be coincidental; to coincide

to differ (from each other)

used after a verb to indicate inability or incompletion

to take care of; to safeguard; to ensure safekeeping

to steal; to commit theft; to pilfer

to offend; to commit a faux pas

to collapse; to fall

to speak worthless words

to have got to; must (used as an auxiliary verb)

to exhaust; to use up completely; to deplete

to be worth; to be worthwhile; to be to one's advantage

to kneel down

to misspeak; to say something wrong/incorrect

to blossom; to bloom; to flower

to consult with; to ask for advice; to confer with

to write a letter

to prohibit; to strictly forbid

to hand down (to the next generation); to leave behind (a legacy)

to worry; to feel anxious; to be worried

to come up out of the ground

to explain; to explicate; to expound; to narrate

to release

to have gratitude for; to feel grateful