Mandarin Vocabulary
Verbs 2

The verbs on this page fit the pattern:

Verb + Noun Phrase

If these verbs appear without an object in the sentence, an object must be understood from the context or have a resultative complement.

The verbs section is arranged differently than the other vocabulary lessons on this site. Instead of arranging words in terms of a theme, they will be arranged according to the type of object which they take.

xia⁴	to descend	下	rc
mai⁴	to sell	卖	def
mai³	to buy	买	def
bi⁴	to close	闭
xie³	to write	写
shang⁴	to rise	上	rc
xiang³	to want	想
chi¹	to eat	吃	def
xing⁴	be surnamed	姓	**
kan⁴	to read	看	**
ti¹	to kick		**
ting¹	listen	听	**
tiao⁴	to jump	跳
zhao³	to find	找	io
jin⁴	to enter	进	rc
he¹	to drink	喝
yao¹ qing³	to invite	邀请	io
yong⁴	to use	用

Notes

IO- This verb can take an Indirect Object
RC- Can take a resultative complement in place of an object
Def- The first choice in the box is the verband its default object

xing⁴ always takes a surname as its object. No other noun will work.

kan⁴ has several usages inMandarin. In reference to books it means to read.

ting¹ can mean to "obey" when the object refers to an authority figure.

zhao³ can take a VP as an indirect object which explains the purpose of "finding"

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Mandarin Vocabulary Verbs 2

Verb + Noun Phrase

IO- This verb can take an Indirect Object RC- Can take a resultative complement in place of an object Def- The first choice in the box is the verband its default object

Mandarin Vocabulary
Verbs 2

IO- This verb can take an Indirect Object
RC- Can take a resultative complement in place of an object
Def- The first choice in the box is the verband its default object