Chinese verbs · Page 7

to discuss; to chat; to have a talk

to love one's country; to be patriotic

to reserve

to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite; to hasten; to quicken

to be careful of something; to mind; to beware of

to rebuild; to reconstruct

to arrive at (a destination)

to found; to establish; to set up; to create

to be equal to (a value)

to be elevated to a higher post; to have landed a better job; (in general) to work

to lose hope; to be disappointed

to preserve; to conserve; to keep

to celebrate (to acknowledge an event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity)

to upload

to make a telephone call

to have pity on; to pity

to consider to be

to infect or be infected by; to have an infection; to contract (a contagion)

to be pregnant

to meet; to see

to eat in; to dine in; for here

to kill someone; to murder

to confront; to antagonize

to apologize

to be angry, to be upset, to be mad

to permit; to allow

to be at home

to sell; to offer to sell; to put up for sale

to harmonise; to bring together; to ensure the safety of

to lose one's job; to be out of work

to destroy; to wreck

to abolish; to abrogate

to speak; to state one's opinion; to make a statement

to change to

to interact

to have power; to have authority; to be entitled

to aid; to support; to provide assistance; to back; to help

to be on duty; to go to work; to begin one's work day; to begin one's shift

to read books

to invest time or energy; to put in effort

to correspond (communicate by exchanging letters); to communicate

to plant; to grow; to transplant (hair); to implant (teeth)

to grow up; to come of age

to transmit; to deliver; to transfer; to pass on; to send

to examine; to inspect; to check (up); to look over; to see; to review

to say again

幹／干 (gàn, “to do”) + 嘛 (ma, “particle in declarative sentences indicating obviousness or hope”)

to worry; to feel anxious; to fear

to persecute

to not stop; to be endless; to be ceaseless; to be incessant; to be nonstop