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Action Verbs

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1. cook 2. drink 3. eat 4. listen

zuò fàn hē chī tīng
做饭 喝 吃 听
5. nap 6. shop 7. sightsee 8. sing
xiǎoshuì mǎi dōngxi yóulǎn chàng
小睡 买东西 游览 唱
9. stretch 10. think 11. wait 12. walk
shēnzhǎn xiǎng děng zǒu
伸展 想 等 走
 Common Textbook Verbs
call can come cut
jiào néng lái qiē

叫 能 来 切

do go help make
zuò qù bāng zuò

做 去 帮 做

return ride see use

huí chéngzuò kàn yòng

回 乘坐 看 用

Asking Questions

What are you doing? What will you do tomorrow? What did you do yesterday?
Nǐ zài zuò shénme? Nǐ míngtiān huì zuò shénme? Nǐ zuótiān zuòle shénme?
你在做什么？ 你明天会做什么？ 你昨天做了什么？

I’m watching TV. I will travel. I went to the cinema.

Wǒ zài kàn diànshì. Wǒ huì chūxíng. Wǒ qùle diànyǐngyuàn.
我在看电视。 我会出行。 我去了电影院。

Verbs For Language Study

ask hear read speak

wèn tīng dào dú shuō

问 听到 读 说

study teach understand write

xuéxí jiāo liǎojiě xiě

学习 教 了解 写

Opposites

open begin push turn on

kāi kāishǐ tuī kāi

开 开始 推 开

close finish pull turn off

guān jiéshù lā guān

关 结束 拉 关