| A | B |
|---|
| shi | (sh) -to be |
| bu shi | (boo sh) - no be |
| you | (yo) - to have |
| mei you | may yo) - no have |
| bu | (boo) - no; negative construction |
| xihuan | (she juan) - to like |
| xiang | she ahng) - would like |
| yao | (yow) - to want; going to |
| da | (dah) - to play (ball game) |
| kan | (kahn) - to look at; to watch |
| zuo | (zuo) - to do |
| he | (huh) - to drink |
| chi | (chuh) - to eat |
| le | (luh) - makes the verb past tense; did |
| hui | (whey) - can |
| shuo | (shore) - to speak |
| xie | (shair) - to write |
| du | (do) - to read |
| qu | (chew) to go |
| wen | (win) to ask |
| ting | to listen |
| huida | (whey dh) respond |
| zai | (zy) ...ing as in doing something |
| mei you + verb | (may yo) used with a verb to say did not do ... |
| mei you chi | (may yo ch) did not eat |
| kaoshi | (cow sh) to take a test; to test |
| mingbai | to understand |
| zhidao | to know |
| chuan | to wear |
| xiuxi | to rest |
| xuexi | to study |
| fanyi | to translate |
| jingcha | to check |
| yong | to use |
