Most Common Chinese Verbs: Free PDF and Flashcards

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Word	Pinyin	Type	Meaning
读 dú	to read	Other	你读这本书吧。Nǐ dú zhè běn shū ba.
读书	dúshū	Other	to read a book/to study/to attend school
调查	diàochá	Other	,個\|个[ge4]
谈	tán	Other	to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss
谈话	tánhuà	Other	to talk (with sb)/to have a conversation/talk/conversation/CL:次[ci4]
谢	xiè	Other	to thank/to apologize/(of flowers, leaves etc) to wither/to decline
谢谢	xièxie	Other	to thank/thanks/thank you
负担	fùdān	Other	to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc)/burden
贡献	gòngxiàn	Other	to contribute/to dedicate/to devote/contribution
败	bài	Other	to defeat/to damage/to lose (to an opponent)/to fail/to wither
购买	gòumǎi	Other	to purchase
贴	tiē	Other	to stick/to paste/to post (e.g. on a blog)/to keep close to/to fit snugly/to subsidize/allowance (e.g. money for food or housing)/sticker/classifier for stickin
贷款	dàikuǎn	Other	/to provide a loan (e.g. bank)/to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)
费	fèi	Other	to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses
赌	dǔ	Other	to bet
赢	yíng	Other	to beat/to win/to profit
走	zǒu	Other	)/to change (shape, form, meaning)
走 zǒu	to walk, to leave	Other	我们现在走吧。Wǒmen xiànzài zǒu ba.
走走	zǒuzǒu	Other
走路	zǒulù	Other	to walk/to go on foot
赴	fù	Other	to go/to visit (e.g. another country)/to attend (a banquet etc)
赶	gǎn	Other	to overtake
赶上	gǎnshàng	Other	to keep up with/to catch up with/to overtake/to chance upon/in time for
起	qǐ	Other	to rise/to raise/to get up/to set out/to start/to appear/to launch/to initiate (action)/to draft/to establish/to get (from a depot or counter)/verb suffix, to s
起床	qǐchuáng	Other	to get out of bed

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