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做
to do / to make
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你在做什么？
What are you doing?
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51 expressions
Learn useful verbs for daily life. Read each verb in a short sentence so you can see what comes before and after it.
to do / to make
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Example
你在做什么？
What are you doing?
to use
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我可以用这个吗？
May I use this?
to look for
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我在找车站。
I am looking for the station.
to wait
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请等一下。
Please wait a moment.
to give
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请给我一杯水。
Please give me a glass of water.
to look / to watch / to read
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我在看书。
I am reading a book.
看书 and 读书 can both relate to reading. Do not teach 看 as only "look."
to listen
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我喜欢听音乐。
I like listening to music.
听 means listen; 听懂 means understand what you hear.
to speak / to say
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请说慢一点。
Please speak a little more slowly.
to read
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请读这句话。
Please read this sentence.
to write
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请写你的名字。
Please write your name.
to eat
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Example
我想吃面条。
I would like to eat noodles.
to drink
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我想喝水。
I would like to drink water.
to go
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我明天去北京。
I am going to Beijing tomorrow.
来 and 去 depend on the speaker's perspective and destination.
to come
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你明天来吗？
Are you coming tomorrow?
to return / to go back
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我现在回家。
I am going home now.
to buy
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我想买水果。
I would like to buy fruit.
to bring / to take along
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请带雨伞。
Please bring an umbrella.
to open / to turn on
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请开门。
Please open the door.
开／关 can be used with doors and some devices; their translation depends on the object.
to close / to turn off
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Example
请关门。
Please close the door.
to rest
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我想休息一下。
I would like to rest for a moment.
一下 often makes these requests or actions sound brief; it is not always a literal one-second duration.
to study; to learn
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我学习中文。
I study Chinese.
to walk; to go
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我走路去。
I walk there.
to run
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我们跑吧。
Let's run.
to sit
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请坐。
Please sit.
to stand
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他站着。
He is standing.
to get up
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我早上起床。
I get up in the morning.
to sleep; to go to bed
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我晚上睡觉。
I sleep at night.
to wash
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Example
我洗手。
I wash my hands.
to take a bath/shower
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我洗澡。
I take a shower.
to wash one's face
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我洗脸。
I wash my face.
to brush teeth
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我刷牙。
I brush my teeth.
to wear; to put on
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穿这个。
Wear this.
to take off (clothes)
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脱了。
Take it off.
to sell
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Example
他卖水果。
He sells fruit.
to take; to hold
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请拿这个。
Please take this.
to put; to place
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放在这里。
Put it here.
to give (as gift); to see off
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送给你。
I give it to you.
送 means 'to give as a gift' or 'to see someone off'. 送给你 (I give it to you as a gift).
to borrow; to lend
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我借钱。
I borrow money.
借 means both 'to borrow' and 'to lend'. 我借钱 (I borrow); 借给我 (lend it to me).
to return (something)
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还给我。
Return it to me.
还 huán means 'to return something'. Different from 还 hái (still/also) in the grammar topic.
to exchange; to change
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换一个。
Change one.
to receive; to collect
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我收到了。
I received it.
to start; to begin
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开始吧。
Let's start.
to end; to finish
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结束了。
It's finished.
to prepare
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我准备了。
I have prepared.
to make a phone call
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我打电话。
I make a phone call.
to go online
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我上网。
I go online.
to meet (each other)
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我们见面。
We meet.
to chat
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我们聊天。
We chat.
to cook; to make a meal
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我做饭。
I cook.
to clean
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我打扫房间。
I clean the room.
to take a walk
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我散步。
I take a walk.
你在做什么？
What are you doing?
我在看书。
I am reading a book.
这是什么书？
What book is this?
这是中文书。
This is a Chinese-language book.
请帮我开门。
Please help me open the door.
好的。
Okay.
谢谢！
Thank you!
不客气。
You're welcome.
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