{"id":4435,"date":"2026-05-26T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/english-phrasal-verbs-taiwan-professionals\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T09:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:08:42","slug":"english-phrasal-verbs-taiwan-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/18kenglish.com\/id\/english-phrasal-verbs-taiwan-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e\uff1a45 Essential Phrasal Verbs for Taiwan Pros (2026) | \u5fc5\u80cc\u7247\u8a9e\u5b8c\u6574\u6307\u5357"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phrasal verbs make up roughly one in three<\/strong> verbs a native English speaker uses in casual conversation, and yet most Taiwanese learners can rattle off advanced vocabulary like kegigihan<\/em> while freezing the moment a colleague says “Can you follow up<\/em> on that?” \u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e (phrasal verbs) are not optional \u2014 they are the connective tissue of spoken English, and the gap between sounding like a textbook and sounding like a person.<\/p>\n

This guide walks through 45 of the most useful \u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e grouped by where you will actually hear them: the office, the meeting room, a coffee with a foreign friend, and the classroom. Each one comes with a Chinese translation, a real example sentence, and \u2014 where it matters \u2014 the version Taiwanese speakers commonly get wrong. At the bottom you will also find the memory method that beats flashcard apps for retention.<\/p>\n

\"\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e<\/p>\n

\u4ec0\u9ebc\u662f\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e (What Are Phrasal Verbs)?<\/h2>\n

A phrasal verb is a verb plus a small word (a preposition or an adverb) that together carry a meaning the verb alone does not have. Look<\/em> means \u770b. Look up<\/em> means \u67e5 (a word in a dictionary). Look after<\/em> means \u7167\u9867. Same verb, three completely different meanings depending on the particle attached to it. That is why direct translation fails \u2014 you cannot break a phrasal verb apart and translate the pieces.<\/p>\n

There are two structural types worth knowing. Separable phrasal verbs<\/strong> allow the object to slot between the verb and the particle: turn the light off<\/em> atau turn off the light<\/em> both work. Inseparable phrasal verbs<\/strong> do not allow this: I ran into Mark<\/em> is correct; I ran Mark into<\/em> is wrong. Cambridge Dictionary keeps a clean reference list of which is which, and it is worth bookmarking.<\/p>\n

10 \u8077\u5834\u5fc5\u5099\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e (Workplace Phrasal Verbs)<\/h2>\n

These are the ones you will hear on your first Zoom call with an international team. Miss them and you will spend the meeting smiling at things you do not understand.<\/p>\n

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  • follow up (on)<\/strong> \u2014 \u8ddf\u9032\u3001\u8ffd\u8e64. I’ll follow up on the client email tomorrow morning.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • reach out (to)<\/strong> \u2014 \u4e3b\u52d5\u806f\u7e6b. Can you reach out to the design team about the deadline?<\/em><\/li>\n
  • get back to (someone)<\/strong> \u2014 \u56de\u8986\u67d0\u4eba. Let me check the numbers and get back to you by Friday.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • run by<\/strong> \u2014 \u77e5\u6703\u3001\u5fb5\u8a62\u610f\u898b. I’d like to run this proposal by Sarah before we send it.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • touch base (with)<\/strong> \u2014 \u7c21\u77ed\u806f\u7e6b\u3001\u78ba\u8a8d\u9032\u5ea6. Let’s touch base next week after the launch.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • circle back (to)<\/strong> \u2014 \u7a0d\u5f8c\u518d\u56de\u5230\u67d0\u8a71\u984c. Good question \u2014 let’s circle back to that at the end.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • look into<\/strong> \u2014 \u8abf\u67e5\u3001\u7814\u7a76. I’ll look into why the report is showing the wrong totals.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • sign off (on)<\/strong> \u2014 \u6279\u51c6\u3001\u7c3d\u6838. The director still needs to sign off on the budget.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • roll out<\/strong> \u2014 \u63a8\u51fa (\u7522\u54c1\u3001\u653f\u7b56). We’re rolling out the new policy next quarter.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • fall through<\/strong> \u2014 \u5931\u6557\u3001\u544a\u5439. The Singapore deal fell through last week.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e<\/p>\n

    \u6703\u8b70\u88e1\u7684\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e\uff1a\u807d\u5f97\u61c2 follow up \u8207 circle back\uff0c\u6703\u8b70\u5c31\u8ddf\u5f97\u4e0a\u3002<\/em><\/p>\n

    8 \u6703\u8b70\u8207\u7c21\u5831\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e (Meeting & Presentation Phrases)<\/h2>\n

    Meetings have their own ritual language. The same five or six phrasal verbs come up in every meeting from Taipei to Toronto, which is good news \u2014 once you know them, you can predict what is coming.<\/p>\n

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    • kick off<\/strong> \u2014 \u958b\u59cb (\u6703\u8b70\u3001\u5c08\u6848). Let’s kick off with a quick round of updates.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • wrap up<\/strong> \u2014 \u7d50\u675f\u3001\u6536\u5c3e. We need to wrap up by 4 \u2014 the room is booked after that.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • bring up<\/strong> \u2014 \u63d0\u51fa (\u8b70\u984c). Thanks for bringing that up \u2014 it’s an important point.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • go over<\/strong> \u2014 \u6aa2\u8996\u3001\u8907\u7fd2. Can we go over the slides one more time before the client call?<\/em><\/li>\n
    • put forward<\/strong> \u2014 \u63d0\u51fa (\u63d0\u6848\u3001\u60f3\u6cd5). Marcus put forward an interesting alternative.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • back up<\/strong> \u2014 \u652f\u6301\u3001\u8b49\u5be6. The data backs up what we suspected.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • break down<\/strong> \u2014 \u5206\u89e3\u3001\u7d30\u5206 (\u6578\u5b57\u3001\u6d41\u7a0b). Let me break down the Q1 numbers by region.<\/em><\/li>\n
    • cut off<\/strong> \u2014 \u6253\u65b7\u3001\u5207\u65b7. Sorry to cut you off, but we’re running low on time.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      One observation from twenty years of teaching in Taipei: the meeting room is where translated Chinese textbook English falls apart hardest. The textbook teaches you “I would like to interrupt.” Native speakers say “Sorry to cut you off<\/em>.” Same intention, completely different register.<\/p>\n

      10 \u65e5\u5e38\u793e\u4ea4\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e (Everyday Social Phrasal Verbs)<\/h2>\n

      You may not need these for work, but the moment you grab coffee with a foreign friend in Taipei, every other sentence will contain one. Skip them and small talk feels like swimming in mud.<\/p>\n

      \"\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e<\/p>\n

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      • hang out<\/strong> \u2014 \u4e00\u8d77\u9592\u6643\u3001\u76f8\u8655. We hung out at Da’an Park yesterday.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • catch up (with)<\/strong> \u2014 \u6558\u820a\u3001\u804a\u8fd1\u6cc1. Let’s grab coffee and catch up sometime.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • show up<\/strong> \u2014 \u51fa\u73fe\u3001\u5230\u5834. Half the team didn’t show up to the typhoon-day meetup.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • chill out<\/strong> \u2014 \u653e\u9b06\u3001\u51b7\u975c. I just want to chill out at home this weekend.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • end up<\/strong> \u2014 \u7d50\u679c\u8b8a\u6210\u3001\u6700\u5f8c\u5230\u4e86\u67d0\u5730. We ended up at Raohe Night Market around midnight.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • run into<\/strong> \u2014 \u5076\u9047. I ran into my old boss at Carrefour.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • get along (with)<\/strong> \u2014 \u76f8\u8655\u878d\u6d3d. I really get along with my new roommate.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • break up (with)<\/strong> \u2014 \u5206\u624b. They broke up after three years.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • turn down<\/strong> \u2014 \u62d2\u7d55\u3001\u8abf\u4f4e\u97f3\u91cf. I had to turn down the wedding invitation.<\/em><\/li>\n
      • figure out<\/strong> \u2014 \u5f04\u6e05\u695a\u3001\u60f3\u51fa\u8fa6\u6cd5. I’m still trying to figure out the MRT card refund system.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        If you have been studying English for years and still default to “I refused the invitation,” practice swapping in “I turned it down.” That single substitution shifts your speech a full notch toward natural.<\/p>\n

        9 \u5b78\u7fd2\u8207\u6821\u5712\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e (Study & Classroom Phrasal Verbs)<\/h2>\n

        Students hear these from teachers; teachers use them to explain instructions. If you are still in school, in a buxiban, or studying for IELTS or TOEFL, these come up daily.<\/p>\n

        \"\u82f1\u6587\u7247\u8a9e<\/p>\n

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        • look up<\/strong> \u2014 \u67e5 (\u5b57\u5178\u3001\u8cc7\u6599). I had to look up “pernicious” \u2014 that one was new.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • hand in<\/strong> \u2014 \u7e73\u4ea4 (\u4f5c\u696d). Please hand in your essays by Friday.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • hand out<\/strong> \u2014 \u767c\u653e (\u8b1b\u7fa9). The teacher handed out the worksheets at the start of class.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • write down<\/strong> \u2014 \u5beb\u4e0b\u3001\u7d00\u9304. Write down any words you don’t recognize.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • fill in \/ fill out<\/strong> \u2014 \u586b\u5beb (\u8868\u683c). Please fill out the registration form online.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • cross out<\/strong> \u2014 \u5283\u6389\u3001\u522a\u9664. Cross out the wrong answer and rewrite it neatly.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • cram for<\/strong> \u2014 \u81e8\u6642\u62b1\u4f5b\u8173 (\u6e96\u5099\u8003\u8a66). I crammed for the TOEIC the night before \u2014 never again.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • drop out<\/strong> \u2014 \u8f1f\u5b78\u3001\u9000\u51fa. He dropped out of the language program after one semester.<\/em><\/li>\n
        • catch on<\/strong> \u2014 \u7406\u89e3\u3001\u5b78\u6703. The new students caught on to phrasal verbs quickly.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          If you want a fluent run-through with native pronunciation, this is the most-watched Mandarin-language guide to 100 phrasal verbs on YouTube right now \u2014 worth playing in the background while you commute on the MRT:<\/p>\n