[chinitovaliente]

Originally Posted by lee ying

索菲娅
for example: to know, to speak. to go, to look (ka) to eat, take a shower .. so on =)
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there are many ways to express these verbs in Chinese depending solely on context.

here is just a basic overview:

to know someone personally
认识
to know of an object or someone informally
知道
speak
讲话 or 说话
to go
去
to look
看 or 瞄
to eat
吃
take a shower
洗澡

there are also many ways to say these things depending on what region of china you are from.