The most common Chinese verbs

300verbs

19.8%of everyday speech

#4rank of the commonest

#	Word	English	Say it	Share
4	是	to be; correct	shì	2.830%
11	有	to have; there is	yǒu	0.860%
14	会	can; to have the skill	huì	0.790%
16	要	to want; to need	yào	0.710%
18	说	to speak; to talk	shuō	0.680%
20	想	to think; to think of	xiǎng	0.630%
23	知道	to know; to become aware of	zhī dào	0.590%
27	来	to come	lái	0.550%
30	能	can; to be able to	néng	0.500%
31	去	to go; to go to	qù	0.490%
32	没	have not; not	méi	0.480%
41	让	to yield; to permit	ràng	0.370%
42	做	to make; to produce	zuò	0.360%
47	没有	haven't; hasn't	méi yǒu	0.320%
49	看	to see; to look at	kàn	0.310%
56	可以	can; may	kě yǐ	0.240%
65	走	to walk; to go	zǒu	0.190%
70	告诉	to tell	gào sù	0.180%
74	听	to listen to; to hear	tīng	0.160%
86	觉得	to think that; to feel that	jué de	0.150%
88	像	to resemble; to be like	xiàng	0.150%
93	找	to try to find; to look for	zhǎo	0.140%
95	喜欢	to like; to be fond of	xǐ huān	0.140%
96	可	can; may	kě	0.140%
99	可能	might; possible	kě néng	0.130%
100	需要	to need; to want	xū yào	0.130%
101	是的	yes, that's right	shì de	0.130%
102	死	to die; impassable	sǐ	0.130%
104	出	to go out; to come out	chū	0.130%
106	干	tree trunk; main part of sth	gàn	0.120%
114	应该	ought to; should	yīng gāi	0.110%
116	起来	to start (doing something); to get up	qǐ lái	0.110%
121	错	mistake; wrong	cuò	0.110%
122	还有	furthermore; in addition	hái yǒu	0.110%
126	叫	to shout; to call	jiào	0.100%
128	该	should; ought to	gāi	0.100%
132	拿	to hold; to seize	ná	0.100%
134	开始	to begin; beginning	kāi shǐ	0.100%
136	打	to beat; to strike	dǎ	0.090%
137	爱	to love; to be fond of	ài	0.090%
138	带	band; belt	dài	0.090%
141	请	to ask; to invite	qǐng	0.090%
146	见	to see; to meet	jiàn	0.090%
152	吃	to eat; to consume	chī	0.080%
154	开	to open; to start	kāi	0.080%
158	看到	to see	kàn dào	0.080%
159	希望	to hope; a hope	xī wàng	0.080%
167	相信	to be convinced; to believe	xiāng xìn	0.080%
170	认为	to believe; to think	rèn wéi	0.080%
176	看看	to take a look at; to examine	kàn kàn	0.070%
179	杀	to kill; to murder	shā	0.070%
183	发生	to happen; to occur	fā shēng	0.070%
185	回来	to return; to come back	huí lái	0.070%
186	准备	preparation; to prepare	zhǔn bèi	0.070%
187	找到	to find	zhǎo dào	0.070%
191	抱歉	to be sorry; to feel apologetic	bào qiàn	0.060%
197	出来	to come out; to appear	chū lái	0.060%
201	离开	to depart; to leave	lí kāi	0.060%
204	起	to rise; to raise	qǐ	0.060%
206	发现	to notice; to become aware of	fā xiàn	0.060%
208	住	to live; to dwell	zhù	0.060%
213	必须	to have to; must	bì xū	0.060%
215	放	to put; to place	fàng	0.060%
220	搞	to do; to make	gǎo	0.050%
225	进	to go forward; to advance	jìn	0.050%
245	买	to buy; to purchase	mǎi	0.050%
258	认识	to know; to recognize	rèn shí	0.040%
259	坐	to sit; to take a seat	zuò	0.040%
262	喝	to drink	hē	0.040%
263	记得	to remember	jì de	0.040%
267	写	to write	xiě	0.040%
269	弄	to do; to manage	nòng	0.040%
274	算	to regard as; to figure	suàn	0.040%
275	担心	anxious; worried	dān xīn	0.040%
276	继续	to continue; to proceed with	jì xù	0.040%
277	送	to send; to deliver	sòng	0.040%
280	玩	to play; to have fun	wán	0.040%
288	跑	to run; to run away	pǎo	0.040%
302	谈	to speak; to talk	tán	0.030%
308	出去	to go out	chū qù	0.030%
310	看见	to see; to catch sight of	kàn jiàn	0.030%
314	好像	as if; to seem like	hǎo xiàng	0.030%
315	得到	to get; to obtain	dé dào	0.030%
316	警察	police; police officer	jǐng chá	0.030%
317	完	to finish; to be over	wán	0.030%
323	接	to receive; to answer	jiē	0.030%
325	再见	goodbye	zài jiàn	0.030%
326	求	to seek; to look for	qiú	0.030%
332	变	to change; to become different	biàn	0.030%
338	决定	to decide; to resolve	jué dìng	0.030%
339	见到	to see	jiàn dào	0.030%
349	了解	to understand; to realize	liǎo jiě	0.030%
351	站	station; to stand	zhàn	0.030%
352	结束	termination; to finish	jié shù	0.030%
354	成为	to become; to turn into	chéng wéi	0.030%
356	帮助	assistance; aid	bāng zhù	0.030%
362	确定	definite; certain	què dìng	0.030%
371	留	to leave; to retain	liú	0.030%
373	愿意	to wish; to want	yuàn yì	0.030%
377	停	to stop; to halt	tíng	0.030%
378	不能	cannot; must not	bù néng	0.030%
380	说话	to speak; to say	shuō huà	0.030%
383	花	flower; blossom	huā	0.030%
387	感谢	thanks; gratitude	gǎn xiè	0.030%
389	定	to fix; to set	dìng	0.030%
394	欢迎	to welcome; welcome	huān yíng	0.030%
395	敢	to dare; daring	gǎn	0.030%
400	跳	to jump; to hop	tiào	0.030%
403	抓	to grab; to catch	zhuā	0.030%
405	动	to move; to set in movement	dòng	0.030%
406	赢	to beat; to win	yíng	0.020%
409	忙	busy; hurriedly	máng	0.020%
415	拉	to pull; to play	lā	0.020%
417	听说	to hear; one hears	tīng shuō	0.020%
418	救	to save; to assist	jiù	0.020%
419	参加	to participate; to take part	cān jiā	0.020%
421	睡	to sleep; to lie down	shuì	0.020%
423	回去	to return; to go back	huí qù	0.020%
426	该死	Damn it!; damned	gāi sǐ	0.020%
427	闭	to close; to stop up	bì	0.020%
428	选择	to select; to pick	xuǎn zé	0.020%
432	受	to receive; to accept	shòu	0.020%
442	保证	guarantee; to guarantee	bǎo zhèng	0.020%
444	卖	to sell; to betray	mài	0.020%
446	接受	to accept; to acquiesce	jiē shòu	0.020%
447	改变	to change; to alter	gǎi biàn	0.020%
448	舞	to dance; to wield	wǔ	0.020%
449	看来	apparently; it seems that	kàn lái	0.020%
452	出现	to appear; to arise	chū xiàn	0.020%
453	打算	to plan; to intend	dǎ suàn	0.020%
455	试	to test; to try	shì	0.020%
462	注意	to pay attention	zhù yì	0.020%
464	查	to research; to check	chá	0.020%
465	忘	to forget; to overlook	wàng	0.020%
467	保护	to protect; to defend	bǎo hù	0.020%
470	表现	to show; to show off	biǎo xiàn	0.020%
471	拍	to pat; to clap	pāi	0.020%
474	进来	to come in	jìn lái	0.020%
476	呆	foolish; stupid	dāi	0.020%
481	懂	to understand; to comprehend	dǒng	0.020%
486	讲	to speak; to explain	jiǎng	0.020%
490	进去	to go in	jìn qù	0.020%
495	听到	to hear	tīng dào	0.020%
496	表演	play; show	biǎo yǎn	0.020%
498	无	not to have; no	wú	0.020%
500	笑	to laugh; to smile	xiào	0.020%
502	感到	to feel; to sense	gǎn dào	0.020%
507	疯	insane; mad	fēng	0.020%
509	结婚	to marry; to get married	jié hūn	0.020%
510	猜	to guess	cāi	0.020%
513	处理	to handle; to deal with	chǔ lǐ	0.020%
515	进行	to advance; to conduct	jìn xíng	0.020%
517	是否	whether; if	shì fǒu	0.020%
519	令	to order; to command	lìng	0.020%
525	害怕	to be afraid; to be scared	hài pà	0.020%
527	发	to send out; to show	fā	0.020%
529	失去	to lose	shī qù	0.020%
532	唱	to sing; to call loudly	chàng	0.020%
533	考虑	to think over; to consider	kǎo lǜ	0.020%
541	开心	to feel happy; to rejoice	kāi xīn	0.020%
545	探	to explore; to search out	tàn	0.020%
547	待	to wait; to treat	dài	0.020%
548	变成	to change into; to turn into	biàn chéng	0.020%
551	解释	explanation; to explain	jiě shì	0.020%
555	派	clique; school	pài	0.020%
556	关	mountain pass; to close	guān	0.020%
563	解决	to solve; to resolve	jiě jué	0.020%
566	作为	one's conduct; deed	zuò wéi	0.020%
567	奇怪	strange; odd	qí guài	0.020%
573	如	as; as if	rú	0.020%
575	帮忙	to help; to lend a hand	bāng máng	0.020%
578	讨厌	to dislike; to loathe	tǎo yàn	0.020%
584	看上去	it would appear; it seems	kàn shàng qù	0.020%
588	控制	to control	kòng zhì	0.020%
591	糟	dregs; draff	zāo	0.020%
593	偷	to steal; to pilfer	tōu	0.020%
595	可爱	adorable; cute	kě ài	0.020%
596	进入	to enter; to join	jìn rù	0.020%
597	能够	to be capable of; to be able to	néng gòu	0.020%
600	醒	to wake up; to be awake	xǐng	0.020%
601	分	to divide; to separate	fēn	0.020%
602	完成	to complete; to accomplish	wán chéng	0.020%
607	不行	won't do; be out of the question	bù xíng	0.020%
614	提	to carry; to lift	tí	0.020%
620	要求	to request; to require	yāo qiú	0.020%
624	保持	to keep; to maintain	bǎo chí	0.020%
626	办	to do; to manage	bàn	0.020%
627	教	religion; teaching	jiào	0.020%
628	想到	to think of; to call to mind	xiǎng dào	0.020%
629	理解	to comprehend; to understand	lǐ jiě	0.020%
631	加	to add; plus	jiā	0.020%
644	装	adornment; to adorn	zhuāng	0.010%
648	打开	to open; to show	dǎ kāi	0.010%
652	玩笑	to joke; joke	wán xiào	0.010%
655	使	to make; to cause	shǐ	0.010%
656	转	to turn; to change direction	zhuǎn	0.010%
658	直到	until	zhí dào	0.010%
662	放弃	to renounce; to abandon	fàng qì	0.010%
671	回到	to return to	huí dào	0.010%
676	留下	to leave behind; to stay behind	liú xià	0.010%
678	伤	to injure; injury	shāng	0.010%
679	怪	bewildering; odd	guài	0.014%
682	读	to read out; to read aloud	dú	0.014%
685	瞧	to look at; to see	qiáo	0.014%
687	收到	to receive	shōu dào	0.014%
690	想法	way of thinking; opinion	xiǎng fǎ	0.014%
695	作	to do; to engage in	zuò	0.016%
698	带来	to bring; to bring about	dài lái	0.016%
701	抓住	to grab hold of; to capture	zhuā zhù	0.016%
705	来自	to come from; From:	lái zì	0.016%
708	照顾	to take care of	zhào gù	0.016%
712	加油	to add oil; to top up with gas	jiā yóu	0.016%
715	怕	to be afraid; to fear	pà	0.016%
723	开枪	to open fire; to shoot a gun	kāi qiāng	0.016%
730	死亡	to die; death	sǐ wáng	0.013%
732	拥有	to have; to possess	yōng yǒu	0.013%
735	付	to pay; to hand over to	fù	0.013%
736	派对	party	pài duì	0.013%
743	阻止	to prevent; to block	zǔ zhǐ	0.012%
747	犯	to violate; to offend	fàn	0.012%
748	扔	to throw; to throw away	rēng	0.012%
749	祝	to pray for; to wish	zhù	0.012%
760	放松	to relax; to slacken	fàng sōng	0.012%
762	休息	rest; to rest	xiū xī	0.012%
764	回答	to reply; to answer	huí dá	0.012%
766	负责	to be in charge of; responsible for	fù zé	0.012%
769	碰	to touch; to meet with	pèng	0.012%
770	介意	to care about; to take offense	jiè yì	0.012%
774	睡觉	to go to bed; to sleep	shuì jiào	0.012%
775	滚	to boil; to roll	gǔn	0.012%
776	谋杀	to murder; to assassinate	móu shā	0.012%
779	戴	to put on or wear; to respect	dài	0.012%
788	干吗	why?; what for?	gàn má	0.012%
800	不用	need not	bù yòng	0.012%
803	冲	to dash against; to mix with water	chōng	0.011%
805	支持	to be in favor of; to support	zhī chí	0.011%
808	毁	to destroy; to ruin	huǐ	0.011%
811	做到	to accomplish; to achieve	zuò dào	0.011%
813	哭	to cry; to weep	kū	0.011%
822	安排	to arrange; to plan	ān pái	0.011%
825	操	to grasp; to hold	cāo	0.011%
832	包	to cover; to wrap	bāo	0.011%
835	选手	athlete; contestant	xuǎn shǒu	0.011%
837	整	exactly; in good order	zhěng	0.011%
843	知	to know; to be aware	zhī	0.011%
845	撒谎	to tell lies	sā huǎng	0.011%
850	忘记	to forget	wàng jì	0.011%
851	存在	to exist; to be	cún zài	0.011%
855	交	to hand over; to deliver	jiāo	0.011%
859	搬	to move; to shift	bān	0.011%
862	坚持	to persevere with; to persist in	jiān chí	0.011%
865	承认	to admit; to concede	chéng rèn	0.011%
866	发誓	to vow; to pledge	fā shì	0.011%
871	生意	life force; vitality	shēng yì	0.011%
874	遇到	to meet; to run into	yù dào	0.011%
877	记住	to remember; to bear in mind	jì zhù	0.010%
881	洗	to wash; to bathe	xǐ	0.010%
885	混	to mix; to mingle	hùn	0.010%
887	挂	to hang or suspend; to hang up	guà	0.010%
888	跳舞	to dance	tiào wǔ	0.010%
893	道歉	to apologize	dào qiàn	0.010%
894	可怜	pitiful; pathetic	kě lián	0.010%
895	实在	really; actually	shí zài	0.010%
896	骗	to cheat; to swindle	piàn	0.010%
897	加入	to become a member; to join	jiā rù	0.010%
901	吓	to frighten; to scare	xià	0.010%
902	治疗	to treat; medical treatment	zhì liáo	0.010%
904	行为	action; conduct	xíng wéi	0.010%
910	组织	to organize; organization	zǔ zhī	0.010%
916	来到	to arrive; to come	lái dào	0.010%
921	超	to exceed; to overtake	chāo	0.010%
934	同性恋	homosexuality; gay person	tóng xìng liàn	0.010%
935	打扰	to disturb; to bother	dǎ rǎo	0.010%
942	位置	position; place	wèi zhì	0.010%
943	答应	to answer; to respond	dā yìng	0.010%
944	收	to receive; to accept	shōu	0.010%
945	砸	to smash; to pound	zá	0.010%
949	撞	to knock against; to bump into	zhuàng	0.009%
950	借	to lend; to borrow	jiè	0.009%
953	放下	to lay down; to put down	fàng xià	0.009%
957	提供	to offer; to supply	tí gōng	0.009%
959	输	to lose; to be beaten	shū	0.009%
963	比如	for example; for instance	bǐ rú	0.009%
965	剩下	to remain; to be left over	shèng xià	0.009%
967	感	to feel; to move	gǎn	0.009%
968	享受	to enjoy; to live it up	xiǎng shòu	0.009%
971	杀死	to kill	shā sǐ	0.009%
975	恨	to hate; to regret	hèn	0.009%
977	脱	to shed; to take off	tuō	0.009%
978	陪	to accompany; to keep sb company	péi	0.009%
979	失踪	to be missing; to disappear	shī zōng	0.009%
985	值得	to be worth; to deserve	zhí de	0.009%
990	使用	to use; to employ	shǐ yòng	0.009%
995	尽	to the utmost; as much as possible	jǐn	0.009%
999	自杀	to kill oneself; to commit suicide	zì shā	0.009%
1001	讨论	to discuss; to talk over	tǎo lùn	0.009%
1004	说明	to explain; to illustrate	shuō míng	0.009%
1010	足够	enough; sufficient	zú gòu	0.009%
1011	饿	to be hungry; hungry	è	0.009%
1015	养	to raise; to bring up	yǎng	0.009%

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