Most Common Chinese Words
100 Most Common Chinese Words
| Character | Frequency | Pinyin | Defination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 的 | 95.91 | de/dí /dì | (possessive particle)/of, really and truly, aim/clear |
| 2 | 一 | 94.33 | yī | one/1/single/a(n) |
| 3 | 是 | 92.98 | shì | is/are/am/yes/to be |
| 4 | 不 | 91.82 | bù /bú | (negative prefix)/not/no |
| 5 | 了 | 90.72 | le/liǎo /liào | (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed action marker), to know/to understand/to know, clear, look afar from a high place |
| 6 | 在 | 89.68 | zài | (located) at/in/exist |
| 7 | 人 | 88.72 | rén | man/person/people |
| 8 | 有 | 87.8 | yǒu | to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be |
| 9 | 我 | 86.92 | wǒ | I/me/myself |
| 10 | 他 | 86.1 | tā | he/him |
| 11 | 这 | 85.3 | zhè /zhèi | this/these, this/these/(sometimes used before a measure word, especially in Beijing) |
| 12 | 个 | 84.68 | gè | (a measure word)/individual |
| 13 | 们 | 84.07 | men | (plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns) |
| 14 | 中 | 83.5 | zhōng /zhòng | within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during/China/Chinese, hit (the mark) |
| 15 | 来 | 82.94 | lái | to come |
| 16 | 上 | 82.39 | shàng | on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week, etc.)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to go into/above/to go up |
| 17 | 大 | 81.85 | dà /dài | big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest, doctor |
| 18 | 为 | 81.31 | wéi /wèi | act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become, because of/for/to |
| 19 | 和 | 80.79 | hé /hè /huó /huò | and/together with/with/peace/harmony/union, cap (a poem)/respond in singing, soft/warm, mix together/to blend |
| 20 | 国 | 80.28 | guó | country/state/nation |
| 21 | 地 | 79.78 | de/dì | (subor. part. adverbial)/-ly, earth/ground/field/place/land |
| 22 | 到 | 79.28 | dào | to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive |
| 23 | 以 | 78.81 | yǐ | to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/Israel (abbrev.) |
| 24 | 说 | 78.35 | shuì /shuō | persuade (politically), to speak/to say |
| 25 | 时 | 77.92 | shí | o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period |
| 26 | 要 | 77.5 | yāo /yào | demand/ask/request/coerce, important/vital/to want/to be going to/must |
| 27 | 就 | 77.11 | jiù | at once/then/right away/only/(emphasis)/to approach/to move towards/to undertake |
| 28 | 出 | 76.72 | chū | to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put forth/to occur/to happen/(a measure word for dramas, plays, or operas) |
| 29 | 会 | 76.34 | huì /kuài | can/be possible/be able to/to assemble/to meet/to gather/to see/union/group/association, to balance an account/accounting |
| 30 | 可 | 75.96 | kě | can/may/able to/certain(ly)/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) |
| 31 | 也 | 75.6 | yě | also/too |
| 32 | 你 | 75.23 | nǐ | you |
| 33 | 对 | 74.87 | duì | couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/for/to/correct (answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right |
| 34 | 生 | 74.52 | shēng | to be born/to give birth/life/to grow |
| 35 | 能 | 74.17 | néng | can/may/capable/energy/able |
| 36 | 而 | 73.84 | ér | and/as well as/but (not)/yet (not)/(shows causal relation)/(shows change of state)/(shows contrast) |
| 37 | 子 | 73.5 | zǐ /zi | 11 p.m.-1 a.m./1st earthly branch/child/midnight/son/child/seed/egg/small thing, (noun suff.) |
| 38 | 那 | 73.17 | nǎ /nà /nèi | how/which, that/those, that/those/(sometimes used before a measure word, especially in Beijing) |
| 39 | 得 | 72.85 | dé /de/děi | obtain/get/gain/proper/suitable/proud/contented/allow/permit/ready/finished, a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect/degree or possibility, to have to/must/ought to/to need to |
| 40 | 于 | 72.52 | yú | (surname), in/at/to/from/by/than/out of |
| 41 | 着 | 72.2 | zhāo /zháo /zhe/zhù /zhuó | catch/receive/suffer, part. indicates the successful result of a verb/to touch/to come in contact with/to feel/to be affected by/to catch fire/to fall asleep/to burn, -ing part. (indicates an action in progress)/part. coverb-forming after some verbs, to make known/to show/to prove/to write/book/outstanding, to wear (clothes)/to contact/to use/to apply |
| 42 | 下 | 71.88 | xià | under/second (of two parts)/next (week, etc.)/lower/below/underneath/down(wards)/to decline/to go down/latter |
| 43 | 自 | 71.56 | zì | from/self/oneself/since |
| 44 | 之 | 71.25 | zhī | (literary equivalent of 的)/(subor. part.)/him/her/it |
| 45 | 年 | 70.94 | nián | year |
| 46 | 过 | 70.63 | guò | (experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/(surname)/excessively/too- |
| 47 | 发 | 70.34 | fā /fà | to send out/to show (one's feeling)/to issue/to develop, hair |
| 48 | 后 | 70.04 | hòu | empress/queen/surname, back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later |
| 49 | 作 | 69.76 | zuò | to regard as/to take (somebody) for/to do/to make |
| 50 | 里 | 69.48 | lǐ | inside/internal/interior, village/within/inside, Chinese mile/neighborhood/li, a Chinese unit of length = one-half kilometer/hometown |
| 51 | 用 | 69.21 | yòng | to use |
| 52 | 道 | 68.93 | dào | direction/way/method/road/path/principle/truth/reason/skill/method/Tao (of Taoism)/a measure word/to say/to speak/to talk |
| 53 | 行 | 68.65 | háng /xíng /xìng | a row/profession/professional, all right/capable/competent/OK/okay/to go/to do/to travel/temporary/to walk/to go/will do, behavior/conduct |
| 54 | 所 | 68.38 | suǒ | actually/place |
| 55 | 然 | 68.12 | rán | correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly |
| 56 | 家 | 67.86 | jiā | furniture/tool, -ist/-er/-ian/home/family/a person engaged in a certain art or profession |
| 57 | 种 | 67.6 | zhǒng /zhòng | kind/type/race/breed/seed/species (taxonomy), to plant/to cultivate |
| 58 | 事 | 67.34 | shì | matter/thing/item/work/affair |
| 59 | 成 | 67.08 | chéng /chèng | finish/complete/accomplish/become/turn into/win/succeed/one tenth, finish/complete/accomplish/become/turn into/win/succeed/one tenth |
| 60 | 方 | 66.83 | fāng | square/quadrilateral/direction/just |
| 61 | 多 | 66.58 | duō | many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi- |
| 62 | 经 | 66.33 | jīng | classics/sacred book/pass through/to undergo/scripture |
| 63 | 么 | 66.08 | ma/me/yāo | (interrog. part.), (interrog. suff.), one on dice/small |
| 64 | 去 | 65.83 | qù | to go/to leave/to remove |
| 65 | 法 | 65.59 | fǎ | law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.) |
| 66 | 学 | 65.35 | xué | learn/study/science/-ology |
| 67 | 如 | 65.12 | rú | as (if)/such as |
| 68 | 都 | 64.89 | dōu /dū | all/both (if two things are involved)/entirely (due to)each/even/already, (surname)/metropolis/capital city |
| 69 | 同 | 64.67 | tóng | like/same/similar/together/alike/with |
| 70 | 现 | 64.44 | xiàn | appear/present/now/existing/current |
| 71 | 当 | 64.22 | dāng /dàng | to be/to act as/manage/withstand/when/during/ought/should/match equally/equal/same/obstruct/just at (a time or place)/on the spot/right/just at, at or in the very same.../to pawn/suitable/adequate/fitting/proper/replace/represent |
| 72 | 没 | 64 | méi /mò | (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not, drowned/to end/to die/to inundate |
| 73 | 动 | 63.78 | dòng | to use/to act/to move/to change |
| 74 | 面 | 63.56 | miàn | fade/side/surface/aspect/top/face/flour/noodles, flour/noodles |
| 75 | 起 | 63.34 | qǐ | to rise/to raise/to get up |
| 76 | 看 | 63.12 | kān /kàn | to look after/to take care of/to watch/to guard, it depends/think/to see/to look at |
| 77 | 定 | 62.9 | dìng | to set/to fix/to determine/to decide/to order |
| 78 | 天 | 62.69 | tiān | day/sky/heaven |
| 79 | 分 | 62.47 | fēn /fèn | to divide/minute/(a measure word)/(a unit of length = 0.33 centimeter), part |
| 80 | 还 | 62.25 | hái /huán /huàn | also/in addition/more/still/else/still/yet/(not) yet, (surname)/pay back/return |
| 81 | 进 | 62.04 | jìn | advance/enter/to come in |
| 82 | 好 | 61.83 | hǎo /hào | good/well, be fond of |
| 83 | 小 | 61.62 | xiǎo | small/tiny/few/young |
| 84 | 部 | 61.41 | bù | ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/(a measure word)/(a measure word for works of literature, films, machines, etc.) |
| 85 | 其 | 61.2 | qí | his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 86 | 些 | 60.99 | xiē | some/few/several/(a measure word) |
| 87 | 主 | 60.79 | zhǔ | to own/to host/master/lord/primary |
| 88 | 样 | 60.58 | yàng | manner/pattern/way/appearance/shape |
| 89 | 理 | 60.37 | lǐ | reason/logic/science/inner principle or structure |
| 90 | 心 | 60.17 | xīn | heart/mind |
| 91 | 她 | 59.97 | tā | she |
| 92 | 本 | 59.77 | běn | roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/(a measure word) |
| 93 | 前 | 59.57 | qián | before/in front/ago/former/previous/earlier/front |
| 94 | 开 | 59.38 | kāi | open/operate (vehicle)/start |
| 95 | 但 | 59.19 | dàn | but/yet/however/only/merely/still |
| 96 | 因 | 58.99 | yīn | cause/reason/because |
| 97 | 只 | 58.8 | qí /zhī /zhǐ | earth-spirit/peace, (a measure word, for birds and some animals, etc.)/single/only, M for one of a pair, only/merely/just/but, but/only |
| 98 | 从 | 58.61 | cōng /cóng /zòng | lax/yielding/unhurried, from/obey/observe/follow, second cousin |
| 99 | 想 | 58.42 | xiǎng | to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss |
| 100 | 实 | 58.23 | shí | real/true/honest/really/solid |
common Chinese words
Source: Jun Da’s Chinese text computing
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