Speaking & thinking

Verbs for saying, asking, thinking, knowing and deciding.

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Word list: Speaking & thinking

Verbs for saying, asking, thinking, knowing and deciding. Below you'll find all 373 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
打电话	打電話	dǎ diànhuà	make a phone call	HSK 1
叫		jiào	to be called	HSK 1
名字		míngzi	name	HSK 1
认识	認識	rènshi	recognize	HSK 1
说	說	shuō	speak	HSK 1
听	聽	tīng	listen	HSK 1
想		xiǎng	think	HSK 1
帮助	幫助	bāngzhù	help	HSK 2
懂		dǒng	understand	HSK 2
告诉	告訴	gàosu	to tell	HSK 2
介绍	介紹	jièshào	to introduce	HSK 2
觉得	覺得	juéde	feel	HSK 2
说话	說話	shuōhuà	to talk	HSK 2
问	問	wèn	ask	HSK 2
希望		xīwàng	to hope	HSK 2
姓		xìng	surname	HSK 2
知道		zhīdao	know	HSK 2
帮忙	幫忙	bāngmáng	to help	HSK 3
打算		dǎsuàn	to plan	HSK 3
发现	發現	fāxiàn	discover	HSK 3
回答		huídá	to reply	HSK 3
记得	記得	jìde	remember	HSK 3
讲	講	jiǎng	to talk	HSK 3
决定	決定	juédìng	decide	HSK 3
聊天		liáotiān	to chat	HSK 3
了解		liǎojiě	comprehend	HSK 3
明白		míngbai	clear	HSK 3
认为	認為	rènwéi	believe	HSK 3
提高		tígāo	to raise	HSK 3
同意		tóngyì	agree	HSK 3
完成		wánchéng	to complete	HSK 3
忘记	忘記	wàngjì	forget	HSK 3
相信		xiāngxìn	believe	HSK 3
需要		xūyào	to need	HSK 3
选择	選擇	xuǎnzé	select	HSK 3
要求		yāoqiú	to request	HSK 3
愿意	願意	yuànyì	be willing	HSK 3
照顾	照顧	zhàogu	take care of	HSK 3
注意		zhùyì	pay attention to	HSK 3
安排		ānpái	arrange	HSK 4
保证	保證	bǎozhèng	to guarantee	HSK 4
表示		biǎoshì	express	HSK 4
表扬	表揚	biǎoyáng	to praise	HSK 4
猜		cāi	to guess	HSK 4
打扰	打擾	dǎrǎo	disturb	HSK 4
对话	對話	duìhuà	dialogue	HSK 4
翻译	翻譯	fānyì	translate	HSK 4
反对	反對	fǎnduì	oppose	HSK 4
放弃	放棄	fàngqì	abandon	HSK 4
感觉	感覺	gǎnjué	to feel	HSK 4
估计	估計	gūjì	appraise	HSK 4
鼓励	鼓勵	gǔlì	encourage	HSK 4
怀疑	懷疑	huáiyí	doubt	HSK 4
回忆	回憶	huíyì	to recall	HSK 4
积累	積累	jīlěi	accumulate	HSK 4
计划	計劃	jìhuà	plan	HSK 4
建议	建議	jiànyì	to propose	HSK 4
交流		jiāoliú	communicate	HSK 4
接受		jiēshòu	accept	HSK 4
解释	解釋	jiěshì	to explain	HSK 4
经历	經曆	jīnglì	undergo	HSK 4
举办	舉辦	jǔbàn	to conduct	HSK 4
举行	舉行	jǔxíng	convene	HSK 4
拒绝	拒絕	jùjué	to refuse	HSK 4
开玩笑	開玩笑	kāi wánxiào	joke	HSK 4
看法		kànfǎ	point of view	HSK 4
考虑	考慮	kǎolǜ	think over	HSK 4
理解		lǐjiě	comprehend	HSK 4
联系	聯系	liánxì	integrate	HSK 4
梦	夢	mèng	to dream	HSK 4
判断	判斷	pànduàn	to judge	HSK 4
批评	批評	pīpíng	criticize	HSK 4
商量		shāngliang	consult	HSK 4
熟悉		shúxī	familiar with	HSK 4
说明	說明	shuōmíng	explain	HSK 4
谈	談	tán	to talk	HSK 4
讨论	討論	tǎolùn	to discuss	HSK 4
提醒		tíxǐng	remind	HSK 4
通知		tōngzhī	notify	HSK 4
误会	誤會	wùhuì	to misunderstand	HSK 4
邀请	邀請	yāoqǐng	to invite	HSK 4
以为	以爲	yǐwéi	think	HSK 4
意见	意見	yìjiàn	opinion	HSK 4
印象		yìnxiàng	impression	HSK 4
原谅	原諒	yuánliàng	to excuse	HSK 4
允许	允許	yǔnxǔ	to permit	HSK 4
支持		zhīchí	sustain	HSK 4
主意		zhǔyi	plan	HSK 4
总结	總結	zǒngjié	summarize	HSK 4
安慰		ānwèi	to comfort	HSK 5
抱怨		bàoyuàn	complain	HSK 5
辩论	辯論	biànlùn	argue	HSK 5
表达	表達	biǎodá	to express	HSK 5
表明		biǎomíng	make clear	HSK 5
吵		chǎo	to quarrel	HSK 5
吵架		chǎo jià	to quarrel	HSK 5
称呼	稱呼	chēnghu	to call	HSK 5
称赞	稱讚	chēngzàn	to praise	HSK 5
承认	承認	chéngrèn	to admit	HSK 5
催		cuī	to press	HSK 5
答应	答應	dāying	to respond	HSK 5
打交道		dǎ jiāodao	come into contact with	HSK 5
打听	打聽	dǎting	ask about	HSK 5
逗		dòu	to tease	HSK 5
对待	對待	duìdài	to treat	HSK 5
发言	發言	fāyán	make a speech	HSK 5
反应	反應	fǎnyìng	react	HSK 5
反映		fǎnyìng	reflect	HSK 5
废话	廢話	fèihuà	nonsense	HSK 5
讽刺	諷刺	fěngcì	satirize	HSK 5
否定		fǒudìng	negate	HSK 5
否认	否認	fǒurèn	deny	HSK 5
概括		gàikuò	summarize	HSK 5
感想		gǎnxiǎng	impressions	HSK 5
公布		gōngbù	make public	HSK 5
沟通	溝通	gōutōng	link	HSK 5
观察	觀察	guānchá	observe	HSK 5
归纳	歸納	guīnà	conclude from the facts	HSK 5
喊		hǎn	call	HSK 5
忽视	忽視	hūshì	neglect	HSK 5
胡说	胡說	húshuō	talk nonsense	HSK 5
话题	話題	huàtí	subject	HSK 5
幻想		huànxiǎng	delusion	HSK 5
集中		jízhōng	concentrate	HSK 5
记录	記錄	jìlù	to record	HSK 5
记忆	記憶	jìyì	memory	HSK 5
纪念	紀念	jìniàn	commemorate	HSK 5
假装	假裝	jiǎzhuāng	pretend to be	HSK 5
交际	交際	jiāojì	socialize	HSK 5
接触	接觸	jiēchù	come into contact with	HSK 5
借口		jièkǒu	excuse	HSK 5
据说	據說	jùshuō	it is said that	HSK 5
夸	誇	kuā	to boast	HSK 5
夸张	誇張	kuāzhāng	exaggerate	HSK 5
流传	流傳	liúchuán	to spread	HSK 5
骂	罵	mà	scold	HSK 5
秘密		mìmì	a secret	HSK 5
描写	描寫	miáoxiě	to describe	HSK 5
命令		mìnglìng	an order	HSK 5
批		pī	criticize	HSK 5
评价	評價	píngjià	to evaluate	HSK 5
启发	啓發	qǐfā	enlighten	HSK 5
强调	強調	qiángdiào	emphasize	HSK 5
请求	請求	qǐngqiú	to request	HSK 5
劝	勸	quàn	advise	HSK 5
确定	確定	quèdìng	definite	HSK 5
确认	確認	quèrèn	confirm	HSK 5
省略		shěnglüè	to omit	HSK 5
实话	實話	shíhuà	truth	HSK 5
说服	說服	shuō fú	persuade	HSK 5
思考		sīkǎo	reflect on	HSK 5
思想		sīxiǎng	thought	HSK 5
提倡		tíchàng	promote	HSK 5
体会	體會	tǐhuì	know from experience	HSK 5
体验	體驗	tǐyàn	experience for oneself	HSK 5
推辞	推辭	tuīcí	to decline	HSK 5
推荐	推薦	tuījiàn	recommend	HSK 5
威胁	威脅	wēixié	threaten	HSK 5
围绕	圍繞	wéirào	revolve around	HSK 5
文字		wénzì	characters	HSK 5
闻	聞	wén	hear	HSK 5
吸取		xīqǔ	absorb	HSK 5
显得	顯得	xiǎnde	appear	HSK 5
想象		xiǎngxiàng	imagine	HSK 5
信任		xìnrèn	to trust	HSK 5
形容		xíngróng	describe	HSK 5
叙述	敘述	xùshù	retell	HSK 5
宣布		xuānbù	announce	HSK 5
宣传	宣傳	xuānchuán	propaganda	HSK 5
询问	詢問	xúnwèn	inquire about	HSK 5
演讲	演講	yǎnjiǎng	give a lecture	HSK 5
疑问	疑問	yíwèn	doubt	HSK 5
议论	議論	yìlùn	discuss	HSK 5
语气	語氣	yǔqì	tone	HSK 5
运用	運用	yùnyòng	to use	HSK 5
赞成	贊成	zànchéng	approve	HSK 5
赞美	贊美	zànměi	admire	HSK 5
责备	責備	zébèi	to blame	HSK 5
争论	爭論	zhēnglùn	argue	HSK 5
征求		zhēngqiú	solicit	HSK 5
主张	主張	zhǔzhāng	to advocate	HSK 5
转告	轉告	zhuǎngào	pass on	HSK 5
追求		zhuīqiú	pursue	HSK 5
咨询	咨詢	zīxún	request information	HSK 5
暗示		ànshì	drop a hint	HSK 6
报答	報答	bàodá	repay	HSK 6
逼迫		bīpò	to force	HSK 6
比方		bǐfang	instance	HSK 6
比喻		bǐyù	metaphor	HSK 6
鞭策		biāncè	spur on	HSK 6
贬低	貶低	biǎndī	to belittle	HSK 6
辨认	辨認	biànrèn	distinguish	HSK 6
辩解	辯解	biànjiě	explain	HSK 6
表态	表態	biǎotài	make known one's position	HSK 6
表彰		biǎozhāng	cite	HSK 6
布告		bùgào	notice	HSK 6
采纳	采納	cǎinà	accept	HSK 6
参照	參照	cānzhào	consult a reference	HSK 6
策划	策劃	cèhuà	plot	HSK 6
阐述	闡述	chǎnshù	expound	HSK 6
倡导	倡導	chàngdǎo	to advocate	HSK 6
倡议	倡議	chàngyì	suggest	HSK 6
嘲笑		cháoxiào	jeer	HSK 6
沉思	沈思	chénsī	ponder	HSK 6
陈述	陳述	chénshù	allegation	HSK 6
承诺	承諾	chéngnuò	to promise	HSK 6
迟疑	遲疑	chíyí	hesitate	HSK 6
出神		chū shén	be lost in thought	HSK 6
传达	傳達	chuándá	convey	HSK 6
吹捧		chuīpěng	flatter sb.	HSK 6
磋商		cuōshāng	discuss seriously	HSK 6
达成	達成	dá chéng	to reach	HSK 6
答复	答複	dáfù	to answer	HSK 6
打量		dǎliang	take measure of	HSK 6
当面	當面	dāng miàn	to sb.'s face	HSK 6
叮嘱	叮囑	dīngzhǔ	urge again and again	HSK 6
断定	斷定	duàndìng	conclude	HSK 6
对照	對照	duìzhào	contrast	HSK 6
发布	發布	fābù	issue	HSK 6
发觉	發覺	fājué	discover	HSK 6
发誓	發誓	fāshì	to vow	HSK 6
反驳	反駁	fǎnbó	retort	HSK 6
反馈	反饋	fǎnkuì	feedback	HSK 6
反思		fǎnsī	think back over something that happened	HSK 6
反问	反問	fǎnwèn	ask a rhetorical question	HSK 6
访问	訪問	fǎngwèn	to visit	HSK 6
诽谤	誹謗	fěibàng	slander	HSK 6
分辨		fēnbiàn	distinguish	HSK 6
分歧		fēnqí	difference (of opinion/position）	HSK 6
吩咐		fēnfù	instruct	HSK 6
服气	服氣	fúqì	be convinced	HSK 6
附和		fùhè	repeat an agreement	HSK 6
告诫	告誡	gàojiè	warn	HSK 6
隔阂	隔閡	géhé	estrangement	HSK 6
各抒己见	各抒己見	gèshūjǐjiàn	everyone gives their own view	HSK 6
更正		gēngzhèng	correct	HSK 6
公认	公認	gōngrèn	publicly know	HSK 6
鼓动	鼓動	gǔdòng	agitate	HSK 6
过问	過問	guòwèn	take an interest in	HSK 6
含义	含義	hányì	implied meaning	HSK 6
呼唤	呼喚	hūhuàn	call out	HSK 6
呼吁	呼籲	hūyù	call on	HSK 6
忽略		hūlüè	ignore	HSK 6
恍然大悟		huǎngrándàwù	suddenly see the light	HSK 6
回避		huíbì	avoid	HSK 6
回顾	回顧	huígù	look back	HSK 6
混淆		hùnxiáo	obscure	HSK 6
讥笑	譏笑	jīxiào	sneer at	HSK 6
见解	見解	jiànjiě	view	HSK 6
见闻	見聞	jiànwén	information	HSK 6
鉴别	鑒別	jiànbié	differentiate	HSK 6
交代		jiāodài	explain	HSK 6
警告		jǐnggào	to warn	HSK 6
纠正	糾正	jiūzhèng	to correct	HSK 6
据悉	據悉	jùxī	according to reports	HSK 6
聚精会神	聚精會神	jù jīng huì shén	concentrate one's attention	HSK 6
觉醒	覺醒	juéxǐng	awaken	HSK 6
侃侃而谈	侃侃而談	kǎnkǎn'értán	speak frankly and in measured tones	HSK 6
看待		kàndài	look upon	HSK 6
空想		kōngxiǎng	daydream	HSK 6
恐吓	恐嚇	kǒnghè	to threaten	HSK 6
口气	口氣	kǒuqì	tone of voice	HSK 6
口头	口頭	kǒutóu	oral	HSK 6
口音		kǒuyīn	accent	HSK 6
牢骚	牢騷	láosāo	grumble	HSK 6
冷落		lěngluò	to treat somebody coldy	HSK 6
理睬		lǐcǎi	heed	HSK 6
理智		lǐzhì	reason	HSK 6
联络	聯絡	liánluò	communication	HSK 6
联想	聯想	liánxiǎng	to associate	HSK 6
谅解	諒解	liàngjiě	understanding	HSK 6
列举	列舉	lièjǔ	make a list	HSK 6
领会	領會	lǐnghuì	understand	HSK 6
领悟	領悟	lǐngwù	comprehend	HSK 6
流露		liúlù	express	HSK 6
论证	論證	lùnzhèng	prove a point	HSK 6
埋怨		mányuàn	complain	HSK 6
冒充		màochōng	pretend to be	HSK 6
冒犯		màofàn	to offend	HSK 6
勉励	勉勵	miǎnlì	encourage	HSK 6
描绘	描繪	miáohuì	describe	HSK 6
命名		mìngmíng	give a name	HSK 6
目睹		mùdǔ	witness	HSK 6
排斥		páichì	to reject	HSK 6
批判		pīpàn	criticize	HSK 6
评论	評論	pínglùn	comment on	HSK 6
欺骗	欺騙	qīpiàn	deceive	HSK 6
企图	企圖	qǐtú	attempt	HSK 6
启事	啓事	qǐshì	announcement	HSK 6
谴责	譴責	qiǎnzé	denounce	HSK 6
强迫	強迫	qiǎngpò	compel	HSK 6
倾听	傾聽	qīngtīng	listen attentively	HSK 6
请教	請教	qǐngjiào	consult	HSK 6
权衡	權衡	quánhéng	trade-off	HSK 6
确保	確保	quèbǎo	ensure	HSK 6
确信	確信	quèxìn	confident	HSK 6
嚷		rǎng	blurt out	HSK 6
认定	認定	rèndìng	maintain	HSK 6
认可	認可	rènkě	approve	HSK 6
撒谎	撒謊	sā huǎng	to tell lies	HSK 6
散布		sànbù	to scatter	HSK 6
设想	設想	shèxiǎng	imagine	HSK 6
声明	聲明	shēngmíng	statement	HSK 6
示意		shìyì	to signal	HSK 6
试图	試圖	shìtú	to try	HSK 6
手势	手勢	shǒushì	gesture	HSK 6
书面	書面	shūmiàn	in writing	HSK 6
思索		sīsuǒ	think deeply	HSK 6
思维	思維	sīwéi	of thought	HSK 6
索取		suǒqǔ	demand	HSK 6
探讨	探討	tàntǎo	inquire into	HSK 6
滔滔不绝	滔滔不絕	tāotāo bù jué	talking non-stop	HSK 6
提示		tíshì	to prompt	HSK 6
提议	提議	tíyì	propose	HSK 6
透露		tòulù	divulge	HSK 6
推测	推測	tuīcè	speculate	HSK 6
推理		tuīlǐ	reasoning	HSK 6
推论	推論	tuīlùn	infer	HSK 6
吞吞吐吐		tūntūntǔtǔ	hum and haw	HSK 6
歪曲		wāiqū	to distort	HSK 6
妄想		wàngxiǎng	vainly hope	HSK 6
慰问	慰問	wèiwèn	to express sympathy	HSK 6
污蔑	汙蔑	wūmiè	to slander	HSK 6
侮辱		wǔrǔ	to insult	HSK 6
误解	誤解	wùjiě	misunderstand	HSK 6
闲话	閑話	xiánhuà	gossip	HSK 6
响应	響應	xiǎngyìng	respond to	HSK 6
想方设法	想方設法	xiǎng fāng shè fǎ	think of or try every possible method	HSK 6
协商	協商	xiéshāng	consult with	HSK 6
泄露		xièlòu	leak	HSK 6
谢绝	謝絕	xièjué	politely refuse	HSK 6
宣扬	宣揚	xuānyáng	publicize	HSK 6
喧哗	喧嘩	xuānhuá	cause a scene	HSK 6
掩盖	掩蓋	yǎngài	conceal	HSK 6
掩饰	掩飾	yǎnshì	conceal a fault	HSK 6
眼色		yǎnsè	a wink	HSK 6
谣言	謠言	yáoyán	rumor	HSK 6
意料		yìliào	expectation	HSK 6
意识	意識	yìshi	realize	HSK 6
意图	意圖	yìtú	intent	HSK 6
意味着	意味著	yìwèizhe	signify	HSK 6
意向		yìxiàng	will	HSK 6
引导	引導	yǐndǎo	to guide	HSK 6
引用		yǐnyòng	quote	HSK 6
隐瞒	隱瞞	yǐnmán	conceal	HSK 6
应酬	應酬	yìngchou	socialize with	HSK 6
应邀	應邀	yìngyāo	at sb.'s invitation	HSK 6
诱惑	誘惑	yòuhuò	tempt	HSK 6
预料	預料	yùliào	anticipate	HSK 6
预期	預期	yùqī	expect	HSK 6
预言	預言	yùyán	predict	HSK 6
酝酿	醞釀	yùnniàng	mull over	HSK 6
赞叹	贊歎	zàntàn	sigh or grasp in admiration	HSK 6
责怪	責怪	zéguài	blame	HSK 6
瞻仰		zhānyǎng	look at with reverence	HSK 6
展示		zhǎnshì	open up	HSK 6
展望		zhǎnwàng	outlook	HSK 6
展现	展現	zhǎnxiàn	come out	HSK 6
斟酌		zhēnzhuó	Consider	HSK 6
证实	證實	zhèngshí	confirm	HSK 6
指令		zhǐlìng	order	HSK 6
指示		zhǐshì	indicate	HSK 6
指责	指責	zhǐzé	to censure	HSK 6
致辞	致辭	zhìcí	make/deliver a speech	HSK 6
众所周知	衆所周知	zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī	as everyone knows	HSK 6
嘱咐	囑咐	zhǔfù	enjoin	HSK 6
注重		zhùzhòng	pay attention	HSK 6
转达	轉達	zhuǎndá	pass on	HSK 6
追究		zhuījiū	investigate	HSK 6
着重	著重	zhuózhòng	put emphasis on	HSK 6
琢磨		zuómo	ponder	HSK 6
走漏		zǒulòu	leak	HSK 6
座右铭	座右銘	zuòyòumíng	motto	HSK 6

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