Learn the top 25 Chinese verbs
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| Hey everybody, welcome to Chinese Top 25 Chinese Verbs. My name is Bao Yuting, let’s get start. |
| 1. 有 (yǒu) "have" |
| "I have no money." |
| 我没有钱。 (Wǒ méiyǒu qián.) |
| Do you have money? Please comment and let me know. |
| 2. 吃 (chī) "eat" |
| 我想吃薯片。(Wǒ xiǎng chī shǔpiàn.) "I want to eat chips.” |
| 好吃。 (hǎochī.) “Delicious." |
| 3. 笑 (xiào) "laugh" |
| 微笑。(wēixiào.) |
| 大笑。(dàxiào.) |
| 傻笑。(shǎxiào.) |
| 嘲笑。(cháoxiào.) |
| 冷笑。(lěngxiào.) |
| 4. 走 (zǒu) “walk" |
| "If I get up early, I will walk to school." |
| 如果我起床起得早，我会走路上学。 (rúguǒ Wǒ qǐchuáng qǐ děi zǎo , Wǒ huì zǒulùshàngxué.) |
| 5. 跑 (pǎo) "run" |
| "If I get up late, I will run to school." 如果我起床起晚了，我一定要跑步上学。 (rúguǒ Wǒ qǐchuáng qǐwǎn le , Wǒ yīdìng yào pǎobù shàngxué.) |
| 6. 喝 (hē) "drink" |
| If you have a guest visiting your home, in China, you must treat your guest tea. |
| "Please drink the tea." 请喝茶。 (qǐng hēchá.) |
| 7. 过来 (guò lái) "come" |
| Hi Matt, “please come here." |
| Matt, 过来一下。 (guòlai yīxià.) |
| 8. 长 (zhǎng) "grow" |
| 魔镜魔镜，请让我长高。 (mó jìng mó jìng , qǐng ràng wǒ zhǎng gāo.) "Mirror mirror, please let me grow taller." |
| 9. 回 (huí) "return" |
| 地球太危险了，我要回火星了。 (dìqiú tài wēi xiǎn le , Wǒ yào huíhuǒ xīng le.) |
| "The earth is too dangerous, I will return back to Mars." |
| 10. 上 (shàng) "go up" |
| 上楼梯。 (shàng lóutī.) "Go upstairs." Go Go Go! |
| 11. 读 (dú) "read" |
| 读书。 (dúshū.) "Read a magazine" |
| Food! |
| 12. 游泳 (yóu yǒng) "swim" |
| "Swimming is my favorite hobby." 游泳是我最大的爱好。 (yóuyǒng shì Wǒ zuì dà de àihào.) |
| Frog style, free style, butterfly. |
| 13. 跳舞 (tiào wǔ) "dance" |
| "Do you like dance?" Yeah, I like it. |
| 你喜欢跳舞吗？ (nǐ xǐhuān tiàowǔ ma ?) |
| Mongolian dance, hip hop, ballet. |
| 14. 工作 (gōng zuò) "work" |
| 啊，我很喜欢跟我的团队一块儿工作。 (ā , Wǒ hěn xǐhuān gēn Wǒ de tuánduì yīkuàir gōngzuò.) “Oh, I like working with my team." |
| Thank you, guys! |
| 15. 放松 (fàng sōng) "relax" |
| "Let’s have a eyes massage to relax a little bit." |
| 我们做一下眼部按摩，放松一下吧。 (wǒmen zuò yīxià yǎn bù ànmó , fàngsōng yīxià ba.) |
| 16. 开车 (kāi chē) "drive" |
| Left left, right, right. "I'm so nervous when I'm driving." |
| 我开车时好紧张。 (Wǒ kāichē shí hǎo jǐnzhāng.) |
| 17. 想 (xiǎng) "think" |
| What did you eat for lunch? "Let me think." |
| 让我想想。 (ràng wǒ xiǎngxiang.) |
| Pizza! |
| 18. 试试 (shì shì) "try" |
| This hat is beautiful, “let me try it." |
| 我一定要试一下。试一试。 (Wǒ yīdìng yào shì yīxià. Shìyīshì.) |
| 19. 愿意 (yuàn yì) "be willing to" |
| “Yuting, would you like to marry me?” |
| “Hmm… let me think.” |
| “Yuting, would you like to marry me?” |
| 我愿意。 (Wǒ yuànyì.) “I’m willing to." |
| In China, if you want to marry a girl, you must have a ring, a house or apartment. But I’m not such girl. |
| 20. 开始 (kāi shǐ) "start" |
| Generally I’ll say "Let's start it.” |
| 让我们开始吧。(ràng wǒmen kāishǐ ba.) |
| And also I wanna give you another sentence. |
| “Today I'm going to start my work out." |
| 从今天开始，我要开始健身。 (cóng jīntiān kāishǐ , Wǒ yào kāishǐ jiànshēn.) |
| 21. 停止 (tíngzhǐ) "stop" |
| 时间停止吧，我还想再睡半小时。 (shíjiān tíngzhǐ ba , Wǒ hái xiǎng zài shuì bànxiǎoshí.) |
| "Time, please stop, I want sleep another half an hour." |
| 22. 敢 (gǎn) "dare" |
| So scary. 我不敢摸。 (Wǒ bù gǎn mō.) "I dare not touch it." |
| 23. 担心 (dān xīn) "worry" |
| In China, maybe you get a message from your friends, how are you? how are you recently? You can say that "I'm good, don't worry about me." |
| 我很好，不用担心我。 (Wǒ hěn hǎo , bù yòng dānxīn Wǒ.) |
| And plus “thank you” 谢谢 (xièxiè) |
| 24. 变化 (biànhuà) "change" |
| "Long time no see. You have changed a lot." |
| "几年不见，你变化好大。 (jǐ nián bùjiàn , nǐ biànhuà hǎo dà.) |
| 25. 说 (shuō) "say" |
| 说说说说说你爱我，我我我我说不出口。 |
| (shuōshuo shuōshuo shuō nǐ ài Wǒ , Wǒ Wǒ Wǒ Wǒ shuō bù chū kǒu.) |
| Say is a very common word. |
| “Please say it again?” 你能再说一遍吗？(nǐ néng zài shuō yī biàn ma?) |
| Okay! That’s all for today, Chinese Top 25 Verbs. So guys, please comment why you study Chinese, let me know the answer. Thanks for watching, please subscribe. Thank you, bye bye! |
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