Beginner Foundation HSK 1 Required 12 words

Everyday Actions

Name the verbs that make short Chinese sentences feel useful right away.

Goal

Learners can talk about going, coming, seeing, listening, speaking, learning, eating, drinking, buying, and using.

Make five short sentences about what you do today.

verbs daily actions

我去学校。

Wǒ qù xuéxiào.

I go to school.

她想喝茶。

Tā xiǎng hē chá.

She wants to drink tea.

Build reliable starter sentences by placing people, time, place, action, and object in a natural order.

我去学校。

I go to school.

Use 去 before a place to say go to.

你明天来找我。

Come see me tomorrow.

来 can introduce the action purpose.

我看书。

I read a book.

Use 看 for reading or looking.

他听音乐。

He listens to music.

Use 听 before what someone listens to.

去

qù

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Meanings

to go to go to (a place)

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	Level	Dictionary
去	qù	to go	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
来	lái	to come	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
看	kàn	to see	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
听	tīng	to listen to; to hear	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
说	shuō	to speak; to talk; to say	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
学	xué	to learn	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
写	xiě	to write	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
读	dú	to read out; to read aloud	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
吃	chī	to eat	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
喝	hē	to drink	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
买	mǎi	to buy	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
用	yòng	to use	HSK 2.0 3 HSK 3.0 3	Dictionary