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=='''''Verb :'''''==
In English much information is carried by the use of auxiliaries and by verb inflections: is/are/were, eat/eats/ate/eaten, etc. Chinese, on the other hand, is an uninflected language and conveys meaning through word order, adverbials or shared understanding of the context.


In English, for example, the verb "to walk" has many forms compared to its Chinese equivalent: "to walk" (infinitive), "walk, walks" (present), "walked" (simple past), "walking" (present participle), etc. Chinese only has one basic form, used for every person and tense; thus "zǒu" (走) can equal all these forms. ("tā zǒu" 他走: he walks, "nǐ zǒu" 你走: you walk, etc.) In other words, Chinese does not express these differences through inflectional suffixes.

'''Coverbs'''

A special class of verbs called coverbs take the place of prepositions or postpositions in other languages. Sometimes, these coverbs can stand alone as a verb in its own right. One example is 给 (gěi), which can be used in both manners:

Preposition-like usage:

我给你打电话.
（我給你打電話） (Wǒ gěi nǐ dǎ diànhuà.)
(I'll give you a telephone call.)

Verb:

请给我一杯可乐.
（請給我一杯可樂） (Qǐng gěi wǒ yī bēi kělè.)
(Please give me a glass of cola.)

'''Use of phrasal verbs:''' English, a number of short verbs combine with adverbs and preposition to form phrasal verbs which are commonly used in English. But in Chinese there is no use of phrasal verbs. ''Examples'' take on, give up etc. are not used in Chinese language. 

'''To be verb'does not exist in Chinese :'''n Chinese, TO BE verb is not used unlike in English. Examples : In Chinese, the sentence would go like this: I go
I will happy
Above sentence in English. I will be going happy

In Chinese : We will always together

In English : We will always be together.