Chinese Vocabulary: Actions

English	Simplified	Pinyin

to bend	弯	wān
to blink	眨眼	zhǎ yǎn
to cough	咳嗽	ké sòu
to cross your arms	交叉双臂	jiāo chā shuāng bì
to cry	哭	kū
to dance	跳舞	tiào wǔ
to drink	喝	hē
to eat	吃	chī
to grip	紧握	jǐn wò
to hit	打	dǎ
to hold	握	wò
to kick	踢	tī
to kneel	跪	guì
to laugh	大笑	dà xiào
to lick	舔	tiǎn
to listen	听	tīng
to look	看	kàn
to nod	点头	diǎn tóu
to point	指	zhǐ
to pull	拉	lā
to punch	拳击	quán jī
to push	推	tuī
to rub	揉搓	róu cuo
to run	跑	pǎo
to scream	尖叫	jiān jiào
to shake	摇	yáo
to shake hands	握手	wò shǒu
to shake your head	摇头	yáo tóu
to shout	喊	hǎn
to shrug	耸肩	sǒng jiān
to sing	唱	chàng
to sit	坐	zuò
to slap	拍击	pāi jī
to smell	闻	wén
to smile	微笑	wēi xiào
to sneeze	打喷嚏	dǎ pēn tì
to stand	站	zhàn
to stretch	拉伸	lā shēn
to swallow	吞	tūn
to swim	游泳	yóu yǒng
to talk	说话	shuō huà
to taste	尝	cháng
to touch	碰	pèng
to turn	转	zhuǎn
to walk	走	zǒu
to wave	挥手	huī shǒu
to whisper	私语	sī yǔ
to wink	使眼色	shǐ yǎn sè
to yawn	打哈欠	dǎ hā qiàn
to clean	清洗	qīngxǐ
to wipe	擦	cā
to breathe	呼吸	hūxī
to read	读	dú
to fall	落	luò
to drive	开车	kāichē
to cut	切	qiē
to sew	縫	féng

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