500 Most Frequent Chinese Words — Chinese Vocabulary List with Pinyin & Audio | TongTong500 Most Frequent Chinese Words
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- 意思yì simeaning, opinion, idea; interest, fun (as in 有意思 interesting, 没意思 boring); a symbolic token of appreciation or goodwillHSK 2
- 放fàngto put, to place; to release, to set free; to set off (fireworks), to fly (a kite)HSK 3
- 不错bù cuònot bad, pretty good; correct, rightHSK 2
- 肯定kěn dìng(verb) to confirm, to affirm, to be certain; (adjective) certain, positive, affirmative; (adverb) definitely, assuredlyHSK 4
- 电话diàn huàtelephone (device); phone call; phone numberHSK 1
- 为了wèi lefor the purpose of, in order to, for the sake ofHSK 3
- 搞gǎoto do, to handle (a broad action verb used in many contexts); to organize, to set up (an event, activity, etc.); to make, to produce (something)HSK 5
- 棒bàng(adjective) great, awesome, wonderful; (noun) stick, club, batonHSK 4
- 第一dì yīfirst (ordinal number); primary, foremostHSK 7-9
- 妈māmom; motherHSK 7-9
- 地dì(particle) structural particle for forming adverbials; -lyHSK 2
- 地dì(noun) ground, land, floor (as a surface)HSK 3
- 进jìnto enter, to go inHSK 2
- 那样nà yàngthat kind; that sort; like thatHSK 2
- 大家dà jiāeveryoneHSK 1
- 新xīnnewHSK 1
- 您nínyou (polite form)HSK 1
- 向xiàng(preposition) towards; to (indicating direction, goal, or recipient of an action); (verb) to face; to turn towards; to side withHSK 3
- 一些yī xiē(quantifier) some, a few, a little (before a noun); (after a comparative adjective) a bit, slightly (大一些 'a bit bigger')HSK 1
- 三sānthreeHSK 1
- 那里nà lǐthere, that placeHSK 1
- 以为yǐ wéito think (often mistakenly), to be under the impression (that…)HSK 3
- 高兴gāo xìnghappy, glad; willing (to do something)HSK 1
- 嘛ma(modal particle) marks a statement as obvious or self-evident, used in explanations and gentle suggestionsHSK 6
- 老lǎoold (of people); prefix used before surnames to indicate familiarity or affection; always, all the timeHSK 3
- 位wèi(classifier, polite) for people; (classifier) for binary digits (bits)HSK 2
- 过来guò láito come over; can manage to handle (as a complement after a verb, negated with 不)HSK 2
- 掉diàoto fall; to drop; to lose; to go missing; (used after certain verbs as a resultative complement) indicating completion, removal, or a change of stateHSK 4
- 先xiānfirst, in advance, before othersHSK 3
- 等等děng děngto wait a moment, to hold onHSK 7-9
- 生活shēng huólife (noun); to live (verb)HSK 3
- 之zhī(literary, possessive particle) equivalent to 的; (literary, object pronoun) him, her, it; (literary, demonstrative) thisHSK 4
- 之zhī(literary pronoun) him, her, it (used as object)HSK 7-9
- 买mǎito buy; to purchaseHSK 1
- 种zhǒng(classifier) for types, kinds, sortsHSK 3
- 种zhòngto plant, to growHSK 4
- 医生yī shēngdoctorHSK 1
- 最后zuì hòuthe end; the last partHSK 3
- 之前zhī qiánbefore; ago; previouslyHSK 4
- 伙计huǒ jìpartner, buddy; a friendly address; shop assistant, waiter (in traditional or dialectal contexts)HSK 7-9
- 手shǒuhandHSK 2
- 任何rèn héany; whatever; whicheverHSK 4
- 很多hěn duōmany, much, a lot ofHSK 7-9
- 哪儿nǎ rwhere? (interrogative); anywhere, everywhere (used with 都); (in rhetorical questions) how could..., how can...HSK 1
- 这种zhè zhǒngthis kind of; this kind, this typeHSK 7-9
- 上帝Shàng dìGod (monotheistic deity)HSK 7-9
- 女人nǚ rénwomanHSK 3
- 名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)HSK 1
- 认识rèn shito know (a person); to recognize (something); to get to know (used when meeting for the first time)HSK 1
- 坐zuòto sit; to travel by (a bus, train, etc.)HSK 1
- 今晚jīn wǎntonightHSK 7-9
- 其他qí tāother; else; the restHSK 3
- 喝hēto drinkHSK 1
- 记得jì deto rememberHSK 2
- 家伙jiā huo(colloquial) guy, fellow, character; (colloquial) thing, tool, weaponHSK 7-9
- 与yǔ(conjunction) and (formal, connecting nouns); (preposition) with, together with (formal)HSK 4
- 或者huò zhěor (used to connect alternative options)HSK 3
- 写xiěto writeHSK 1
- 穿chuānto wear, to put on (clothing, shoes, etc.)HSK 1
- 弄nòngto do, to handle, to manage (general action); to play with, to mess with (interfere with an object); to get, to obtain (when followed by 到)HSK 4