Most common words · 100 verbs
The 100 most common Chinese verbs
Counted in real Chinese web text, most common first.
- 1是shìto be (am; is; are)
- 2在zàito be at; to be in
- 3有yǒuto have; to own
- 4到dàoto arrive; to reach
- 5要yàoto want
- 6说shuōto speak; to say
- 7来láito come
- 8看kànto look at; to see; to watch
- 9去qùto go
- 10让ràngto let; to allow
- 11做zuòto do
- 12给gěito give
- 13想xiǎngto think
- 14用yòngto use
- 15出chūto go out; to come out
- 16进行jìnxíngto carry out; to conduct
- 17需要xūyàoto need
- 18知道zhīdàoto know; to be aware of
- 19吃chīto eat
- 20发展fāzhǎnto develop; to expand
- 21使用shǐyòngto use; to employ
- 22提供tígōngto provide; to supply; to offer
- 23表示biǎoshìto express; to indicate; to state
- 24走zǒuto walk
- 25喜欢xǐhuanto like; to be fond of
- 26打dǎto hit; to beat
- 27开始kāishǐto begin; to start
- 28像xiàngto look like; to resemble
- 29成chéngto become; to turn into
- 30选择xuǎnzéto choose; to select
- 31玩wánto play; to have fun
- 32要求yāoqiúto require; to demand; to ask
- 33爱àito love
- 34分fēnto divide; to separate
- 35管理guǎnlǐto manage; to administer
- 36起qǐto rise; to get up
- 37发现fāxiànto discover; to find
- 38成为chéngwéito become
- 39带dàito bring; to take; to carry
- 40希望xīwàngto hope; to wish
- 41觉得juédeto think; to feel
- 42叫jiàoto call; to shout
- 43出现chūxiànto appear; to emerge; to arise
- 44完wánto finish; to be over
- 45出来chūláito come out
- 46影响yǐngxiǎngto influence; to affect
- 47找zhǎoto look for; to seek
- 48能够nénggòuto be able to; can
- 49支持zhīchíto support; to back
- 50买mǎito buy; to purchase
- 51起来qǐláito get up; to stand up
- 52送sòngto send; to deliver
- 53住zhùto live; to stay
- 54包括bāokuòto include; to consist of
- 55站zhànto stand
- 56开kāito open
- 57学习xuéxíto learn; to study
- 58听tīngto listen; to hear
- 59使shǐto make; to cause
- 60认为rènwéito think; to believe; to consider
- 61干gànto do; to work
- 62建设jiànshèto build; to construct
- 63下载xiàzàito download
- 64完成wánchéngto complete; to finish; to accomplish
- 65合作hézuòto cooperate; to collaborate
- 66了解liǎojiěto understand; to know well
- 67放fàngto put; to place
- 68发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place
- 69提高tígāoto raise; to increase; to improve
- 70死sǐto die
- 71研究yánjiūto study; to research
- 72拿náto take; to hold; to carry
- 73实现shíxiànto achieve; to realize; to carry out
- 74注意zhùyìto pay attention to; to take note of; to be careful
- 75获得huòdéto obtain; to gain; to win
- 76发布fābùto release; to issue; to announce
- 77投资tóuzīto invest
- 78继续jìxùto continue; to go on
- 79具有jùyǒuto have; to possess
- 80拍pāito pat; to clap; to slap
- 81提升tíshēngto promote (in rank)
- 82存在cúnzàito exist; to be
- 83约yuēto make an appointment; to arrange to meet
- 84进入jìnrùto enter; to get into
- 85介绍jièshàoto introduce; to present
- 86穿chuānto wear; to put on
- 87生shēngto give birth to; to bear
- 88问wènto ask
- 89发fāto send; to issue
- 90关注guānzhùto pay close attention to; to follow (a topic or account)
- 91增加zēngjiāto increase; to raise; to add
- 92生产shēngchǎnto produce; to manufacture
- 93加jiāto add; to plus
- 94成功chénggōngto succeed
- 95拉lāto pull; to drag
- 96建议jiànyìto suggest; to propose; to recommend
- 97解决jiějuéto solve; to resolve; to settle
- 98笑xiàoto laugh; to smile
- 99入rùto enter
- 100进jìnto enter; to go in
What is the most common Chinese verb?
是 (shì, to be), then 在 (zài, to be at), 有 (yǒu, to have), 到 (dào, to arrive), 要 (yào, to want).
Do Chinese verbs conjugate?
No. 吃 (chī, to eat) stays 吃 for I, you and they, and for yesterday, today and tomorrow. Time and completion are shown by other words: 了 after a verb for a finished action, 过 for something you have done before, 在 before it for something happening now and 会 for what will happen.
Where does this list come from?
Our own count of millions of pages of Chinese web text (FineWeb-2), read word by word by our parser: the most common words whose first meaning in our dictionary is a verb, up to HSK 6.
More of the list
Counted by our own parser over Chinese web text (FineWeb-2, ODC-By). Meanings from our own dictionary.