Everyday verbs

Common everyday actions: eat, go, buy, open, take.

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Word list: Everyday verbs

Common everyday actions: eat, go, buy, open, take. Below you'll find all 330 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
回		huí	to return	HSK 1
开	開	kāi	to open	HSK 1
看		kàn	see	HSK 1
看见	看見	kànjiàn	see	HSK 1
来	來	lái	come	HSK 1
去		qù	go	HSK 1
睡觉	睡覺	shuì jiào	to sleep	HSK 1
做		zuò	do	HSK 1
坐		zuò	sit	HSK 1
出		chū	go out	HSK 2
到		dào	arrive	HSK 2
等		děng	to wait	HSK 2
进	進	jìn	enter	HSK 2
开始	開始	kāishǐ	begin	HSK 2
起床		qǐ chuáng	get out of bed	HSK 2
送		sòng	deliver	HSK 2
完		wán	to finish	HSK 2
洗		xǐ	to wash	HSK 2
休息		xiūxi	to rest	HSK 2
找		zhǎo	try to find	HSK 2
准备	准備	zhǔnbèi	prepare	HSK 2
走		zǒu	to walk	HSK 2
搬		bān	to move	HSK 3
参加	參加	cānjiā	participate	HSK 3
带	帶	dài	band	HSK 3
发	發	fā, fà	send out	HSK 3
放		fàng	put	HSK 3
关	關	guān	to close	HSK 3
换	換	huàn	change	HSK 3
检查	檢查	jiǎnchá	to check	HSK 3
见面	見面	jiànmiàn	meet/see somebody	HSK 3
接		jiē	connect	HSK 3
结束	結束	jiéshù	to end	HSK 3
经过	經過	jīngguò	to pass	HSK 3
离开	離開	líkāi	leave	HSK 3
拿		ná	carry in your hand	HSK 3
骑	騎	qí	to ride	HSK 3
试	試	shì	to try	HSK 3
用		yòng	to use	HSK 3
遇到		yùdào	to meet	HSK 3
抱		bào	to hold	HSK 4
擦		cā	to wipe	HSK 4
抽烟	抽煙	chōuyān	to smoke	HSK 4
倒		dǎo, dào	to collapse	HSK 4
掉		diào	to drop	HSK 4
丢	丟	diū	lose	HSK 4
赶	趕	gǎn	catch up	HSK 4
干	幹	gān	to concern	HSK 4
挂		guà	hang	HSK 4
寄		jì	send by mail	HSK 4
交		jiāo	deliver	HSK 4
举	舉	jǔ	lift	HSK 4
拉		lā	to pull	HSK 4
理发	理發	lǐfà	a barber, hairdressing	HSK 4
留		liú	to leave	HSK 4
弄		nòng	do	HSK 4
排队	排隊	pái duì	queue	HSK 4
陪		péi	accompany	HSK 4
骗	騙	piàn	to cheat	HSK 4
敲		qiāo	knock	HSK 4
取		qǔ	to take	HSK 4
扔		rēng	to throw	HSK 4
剩		shèng	have as remainder	HSK 4
使用		shǐyòng	to use	HSK 4
适合	適合	shìhé	to suit	HSK 4
适应	適應	shìyìng	to suit	HSK 4
收		shōu	receive	HSK 4
抬	擡	tái	to lift	HSK 4
躺		tǎng	recline	HSK 4
提		tí	to carry	HSK 4
提供		tígōng	to supply	HSK 4
停		tíng	to stop	HSK 4
推		tuī	to push	HSK 4
脱	脫	tuō	to shed	HSK 4
响	響	xiǎng	make a sound	HSK 4
行		xíng	walk	HSK 4
醒		xǐng	wake up	HSK 4
修理		xiūlǐ	to repair	HSK 4
照		zhào	to shine	HSK 4
转	轉	zhuǎn, zhuàn	to turn	HSK 4
熬夜		áoyè	stay up very late or all night	HSK 5
摆	擺	bǎi	to put	HSK 5
保持		bǎochí	to keep	HSK 5
保留		bǎoliú	to reserve	HSK 5
背		bēi	carry on one's back	HSK 5
避免		bìmiǎn	avoid	HSK 5
补充	補充	bǔchōng	replenish	HSK 5
踩		cǎi	step upon	HSK 5
参与	參與	cānyù	participate	HSK 5
插		chā	to insert	HSK 5
拆		chāi	unravel	HSK 5
称	稱	chēng	weigh	HSK 5
冲	沖	chōng	to rush	HSK 5
重复	重複	chóngfù	to repeat	HSK 5
出示		chūshì	to show	HSK 5
闯	闖	chuǎng	rush	HSK 5
吹		chuī	to blow	HSK 5
代替		dàitì	to replace	HSK 5
挡	擋	dǎng	to block	HSK 5
等待		děngdài	to wait	HSK 5
滴		dī	to drip	HSK 5
递	遞	dì	hand over	HSK 5
断	斷	duàn	to break	HSK 5
蹲		dūn	to crouch	HSK 5
躲藏		duǒcáng	hide oneself	HSK 5
翻		fān	to turn over	HSK 5
扶		fú	to support with hand	HSK 5
搞		gǎo	do	HSK 5
鼓掌		gǔ zhǎng	applaud	HSK 5
关闭	關閉	guānbì	close	HSK 5
滚	滾	gǔn	to roll	HSK 5
划	劃	huà, huá	delimit	HSK 5
挥	揮	huī	to wave	HSK 5
集合		jíhé	gather	HSK 5
捡	撿	jiǎn	to pick up	HSK 5
交换	交換	jiāohuàn	to exchange	HSK 5
浇	澆	jiāo	to water	HSK 5
砍		kǎn	to chop	HSK 5
拦	攔	lán	to block	HSK 5
漏		lòu	to leak	HSK 5
轮流	輪流	lúnliú	to alternate	HSK 5
面对	面對	miànduì	to face	HSK 5
面临	面臨	miànlín	be faced with	HSK 5
摸		mō	to touch	HSK 5
模仿		mófǎng	imitate	HSK 5
拍		pāi	to clap	HSK 5
碰		pèng	to touch	HSK 5
披		pī	drape over one's shoulders	HSK 5
飘	飄	piāo	to float	HSK 5
破坏	破壞	pòhuài	destroy	HSK 5
签	簽	qiān	bamboo used for drawing lots	HSK 5
抢	搶	qiǎng, qiāng	fight over	HSK 5
瞧		qiáo	look at	HSK 5
切		qiē, qiè	to cut	HSK 5
取消		qǔxiāo	cancel	HSK 5
绕	繞	rào	to wind	HSK 5
洒	灑	sǎ	to sprinkle	HSK 5
杀	殺	shā	to kill	HSK 5
晒	曬	shài	to dry in the sun	HSK 5
上当	上當	shàng dàng	be fooled	HSK 5
伸		shēn	to stretch	HSK 5
失去		shīqù	to lose	HSK 5
使劲儿	使勁兒	shǐjìnr	exert all one's strength	HSK 5
摔倒		shuāidǎo	fall down	HSK 5
甩		shuǎi	to throw	HSK 5
撕		sī	to tear	HSK 5
随身	隨身	suíshēn	carry on one's person	HSK 5
随手	隨手	suíshǒu	convenient	HSK 5
烫	燙	tàng	to scald	HSK 5
逃		táo	to escape	HSK 5
逃避		táobì	to escape	HSK 5
偷		tōu	steal	HSK 5
退		tuì	to retreat	HSK 5
消失		xiāoshī	disappear	HSK 5
歇		xiē	to rest	HSK 5
行动	行動	xíngdòng	to move	HSK 5
寻找	尋找	xúnzhǎo	seek	HSK 5
摇	搖	yáo	to shake	HSK 5
咬		yǎo	to bite	HSK 5
移动	移動	yídòng	to move	HSK 5
迎接		yíngjiē	meet	HSK 5
应付	應付	yìngfu	to cope with	HSK 5
摘		zhāi	to pick	HSK 5
展开	展開	zhǎn kāi	spread out	HSK 5
着火	著火	zháohuǒ	catch fire	HSK 5
争取	爭取	zhēngqǔ	fight for	HSK 5
睁	睜	zhēng	to open	HSK 5
抓		zhuā	to carry in your hand holding strongly	HSK 5
抓紧	抓緊	zhuā jǐn	to grasp firmly	HSK 5
装	裝	zhuāng	to load	HSK 5
撞		zhuàng	to hit	HSK 5
追		zhuī	pursue	HSK 5
阻止		zǔzhǐ	prevent	HSK 5
挨		āi	get close to	HSK 6
扒		bā	dig up	HSK 6
掰		bāi	break with both hands	HSK 6
摆脱	擺脫	bǎituō	break away	HSK 6
包围	包圍	bāowéi	surround	HSK 6
奔波		bēnbō	rush about	HSK 6
蹦		bèng	jump	HSK 6
编织	編織	biānzhī	to weave	HSK 6
拨	撥	bō	to dial	HSK 6
搏斗	搏鬥	bódòu	fight	HSK 6
捕捉		bǔzhuō	catch	HSK 6
步伐		bùfá	pace	HSK 6
搀	攙	chān	assist by the arm	HSK 6
缠绕	纏繞	chánrào	bind	HSK 6
尝试	嘗試	chángshì	to try	HSK 6
敞开	敞開	chǎngkāi	open wide	HSK 6
盛		chéng, shèng	contain	HSK 6
筹备	籌備	chóubèi	make preparations	HSK 6
处置	處置	chǔzhì	to handle	HSK 6
储存	儲存	chǔcún	stockpile	HSK 6
串		chuàn	string together	HSK 6
伺候		cìhou	serve	HSK 6
凑合	湊合	còuhe	bring together	HSK 6
窜	竄	cuàn	to flee	HSK 6
搓		cuō	rub or roll between the hands or fingers	HSK 6
搭		dā	to erect	HSK 6
搭配		dāpèi	pair up	HSK 6
打击	打擊	dǎjī	to strike	HSK 6
打架		dǎ jià	to fight	HSK 6
带领	帶領	dàilǐng	to guide	HSK 6
蹬		dēng	press down with the foot	HSK 6
等候		děnghòu	wait	HSK 6
瞪		dèng	stare at	HSK 6
颠倒	顛倒	diāndǎo	turn upside down	HSK 6
叼		diāo	hold sth. in the mouth	HSK 6
吊		diào	hang	HSK 6
跌		diē	to fall down	HSK 6
盯		dīng	to stare	HSK 6
东张西望	東張西望	dōngzhāngxīwàng	look in all directions	HSK 6
动手	動手	dòngshǒu	get to work	HSK 6
堆积	堆積	duījī	pile up	HSK 6
对付	對付	duìfu	to handle	HSK 6
发动	發動	fādòng	to start	HSK 6
封闭	封閉	fēngbì	to seal	HSK 6
逢		féng	to meet	HSK 6
抚摸	撫摸	fǔmō	gently caress and stroke	HSK 6
俯视	俯視	fǔshì	look down at	HSK 6
覆盖	覆蓋	fùgài	to cover	HSK 6
搁	擱	gē	to place	HSK 6
割		gē	to cut	HSK 6
跟随	跟隨	gēnsuí	follow	HSK 6
跟踪	跟蹤	gēnzōng	follow somebody's tracks	HSK 6
归还	歸還	guīhuán	return something	HSK 6
跪		guì	kneel	HSK 6
哄		hǒng	fool	HSK 6
吼		hǒu	roar	HSK 6
晃		huàng	to sway	HSK 6
给予	給予	jǐyǔ	to give	HSK 6
拣	揀	jiǎn	choose	HSK 6
践踏	踐踏	jiàntà	trample	HSK 6
溅	濺	jiàn	to splash	HSK 6
借助		jièzhù	get help from	HSK 6
浸泡		jìnpào	to soak	HSK 6
卷		juǎn	to roll	HSK 6
扛		káng	to carry on one's shoulder	HSK 6
靠拢	靠攏	kàolǒng	draw close	HSK 6
磕		kē	knock	HSK 6
啃		kěn	gnaw	HSK 6
挎		kuà	carry over one's shoulder or slung on one's side	HSK 6
跨		kuà	step across	HSK 6
捆绑	捆綁	kǔnbǎng	tie up	HSK 6
捞	撈	lāo	dredge up	HSK 6
淋		lín	to drain	HSK 6
溜		liū	slip away	HSK 6
流浪		liúlàng	drift about	HSK 6
搂	摟	lǒu	to hug	HSK 6
埋葬		máizàng	bury	HSK 6
迈	邁	mài	to step	HSK 6
眯		mī	to squint	HSK 6
瞄准		miáozhǔn	take aim	HSK 6
摸索		mōsuǒ	feel about	HSK 6
沐浴		mùyù	take a bath	HSK 6
捏		niē	to pinch	HSK 6
凝视	凝視	níngshì	gaze	HSK 6
拧	擰	níng	wring	HSK 6
挪		nuó	shift	HSK 6
趴		pā	lie on one's stomach	HSK 6
徘徊		páihuái	pace back and forth	HSK 6
盘旋	盤旋	pánxuán	spiral	HSK 6
抛弃	抛棄	pāoqì	discard	HSK 6
捧		pěng	hold or carry with both hands facing up	HSK 6
劈		pī	split in two	HSK 6
漂浮		piāofú	superficial	HSK 6
撇		piě	left-curving stroke	HSK 6
泼	潑	pō	to splash	HSK 6
扑	撲	pū	to assault	HSK 6
铺	鋪	pù, pū	bed	HSK 6
掐		qiā	pick	HSK 6
牵	牽	qiān	to lead along	HSK 6
翘	翹	qiào	stick up	HSK 6
倾斜	傾斜	qīngxié	incline	HSK 6
清除		qīngchú	eliminate	HSK 6
揉		róu	knead	HSK 6
散发	散發	sànfā	distribute	HSK 6
捎		shāo	bring or take	HSK 6
设置	設置	shèzhì	set up	HSK 6
失踪	失蹤	shī zōng	be missing	HSK 6
拾		shí	pick up	HSK 6
守护	守護	shǒuhù	guard	HSK 6
束		shù	to tie	HSK 6
耍		shuǎ	play/mess around with	HSK 6
耸	聳	sǒng	shrug	HSK 6
损坏	損壞	sǔnhuài	to damage	HSK 6
塌		tā	collapse	HSK 6
掏		tāo	fish out	HSK 6
舔		tiǎn	to lick	HSK 6
跳跃	跳躍	tiàoyuè	jump	HSK 6
停顿	停頓	tíngdùn	pause	HSK 6
涂抹	塗抹	túmǒ	scribble	HSK 6
挖掘		wājué	excavate	HSK 6
完毕	完畢	wánbì	finish	HSK 6
熄灭	熄滅	xīmiè	extinguish	HSK 6
掀起		xiānqǐ	lift	HSK 6
削		xuē	to pare/peel with a knife	HSK 6
销毁	銷毀	xiāohuǐ	destroy	HSK 6
携带	攜帶	xiédài	take with	HSK 6
修复	修複	xiūfù	restoration	HSK 6
绣	繡	xiù	embroider	HSK 6
悬挂	懸挂	xuánguà	suspend	HSK 6
旋转	旋轉	xuánzhuǎn	to whirl	HSK 6
寻觅	尋覓	xúnmì	to seek	HSK 6
压榨	壓榨	yāzhà	to press	HSK 6
摇摆	搖擺	yáobǎi	to waver	HSK 6
遗失	遺失	yíshī	lose	HSK 6
隐蔽	隱蔽	yǐnbì	conceal	HSK 6
拥有	擁有	yōngyǒu	have	HSK 6
砸		zá	to smash	HSK 6
宰		zǎi	slaughter	HSK 6
糟蹋		zāotà	waste	HSK 6
赠送	贈送	zèngsòng	give as a present	HSK 6
扎	紮	zhā	to prick	HSK 6
眨		zhǎ	wink	HSK 6
占据	占據	zhànjù	occupy	HSK 6
折腾	折騰	zhēteng	toss from side to side	HSK 6
遮挡	遮擋	zhēdǎng	shelter from	HSK 6
折		zhé	to break	HSK 6
支撑	支撐	zhīchēng	support	HSK 6
拄		zhǔ	post	HSK 6
注视	注視	zhùshì	watch attentively	HSK 6
拽		zhuài	drag	HSK 6
装卸	裝卸	zhuāngxiè	load and unload	HSK 6
坠	墜	zhuì	fall	HSK 6
着手	著手	zhuóshǒu	put one's hand to	HSK 6
揍		zòu	beat	HSK 6
阻拦	阻攔	zǔlán	to stop	HSK 6
午睡		wǔshuì	afternoon nap	Daily life
遛狗		liùgǒu	to walk the dog	Daily life

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