Chinese Verbs 1 to be (permanent) Shì be be toBePermanent to be (temp./location etc.) Zài belocation belocation toBeLocated to have You have have toHave to do Zuò do do toDo to make Shi make make toDoMake to be able to (can) Nénggòu tobeableto beableto toBeAbleTo to say Shuō say say toSayTell to go Qù go go toGo to see Kàn see see toSee to give Gěi give give toGive to eat Chī eat eat toEat to know (info) Zhīdào know know toKnow to want Xiang yào want want toWant to arrive Dàodá arrive arrive toArrive to owe, ought to, must Yīnggāi owe owe toOwe to put Fàngzhì toput put toPutPlaceTurnOn to place Fàngzhì toplace place toPutPlaceTurnOn to believe Xiāngxìn tobelieve believe toBelieve to speak Fāyán/Shuō speak speak toSpeakTalk to talk Shuō talk talk toSpeakTalk to read Yuèdú read read toRead to sleep Shuìjiào sleep sleep toSleep to understand Liaojiě understand understand toUnderstand to find Zhaodào find find toFind to call Da diànhuà call call toCall to come Lái come come toCome