Common Verbs in Mandarin

No. English Mandarin

1 to speak shuō
2 to hear tīng
3 to read dú
4 to write xiě
5 to learn or study xuéxí
6 to understand míng bai
7 to think xiǎng
8 to ask wèn
9 to tell gào su
10 to know zhī dao
11 to look/see kàn
12 to find zhǎo
13 to feel juédé
14 to love ài
15 to like xǐhuān
16 to want yào
17 to smile wēi xiào
18 to laugh xiào
19 to work gōng zuò
20 to pray qí dǎo
21 to go zǒu
22 to run pǎo
23 to sit zuò
24 to drink hē
25 to eat chī
26 to dance tiào wǔ
27 to sing chàng gē
28 to sleep shuì jiào
29 to walk zǒu
30 to cook zuò fàn
31 to play wán
 32 to swim yóuyǒng
33 to have yôu
34 to give gěi
35 to take nǎ
36 to stop tíngzhǐ
37 to buy mǎi
38 to sell mài
39 to do/make zuò
40 to use yòng

Sources:

https://www.superprof.co.uk/blog/basic-chinese-verbs/

https://www.writtenchinese.com/20-practical-chinese-verbs-need-learn/