The Most Common Chinese Words
The Chinese words of two characters or more that appear most often, ranked by frequency, each with pinyin and an English translation.
| Chinese | Pinyin | Part of speech | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 会员會員 | n. | member | ||
| 环境環境 | n. | environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL:個|个[ge4] / ambient | syn | |
| 来自來自 | v. | to come from (a place) / From: (in email header) | syn | |
| 日期 | n. | date / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 成为成為 | v. | to become / to turn into | syn | |
| 最新 | latest / newest | syn | ||
| 专业專業 | n., adj. | specialty / specialized field / main field of study (at university) / major / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4] / professional | syn | |
| 一下 | num.-m.w., adv. | (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly | syn | |
| 人员人員 | n. | staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 任何 | pron. | any / whatever / whichever | syn | |
| 教育 | n., v. | to educate / to teach / education | syn | |
| 资料資料 | n. | material / resources / data / information / profile (Internet) / CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 状态狀態 | n. | condition / state / state of affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 点击點擊 | v. | to hit / to press / to strike (on the keyboard) / to click (a web page button) | ||
| 为了爲了 | prep. | for / for the purpose of / in order to | syn | |
| 不会不會 | improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all | syn | ||
| 出现出現 | v. | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up | syn | |
| 知道 | v. | to know / to become aware of / also pr. [zhi1dao5] | syn | |
| 社会社會 | n. | society / CL:個|个[ge4] | ||
| 名称名稱 | n. | name (of a thing) / name (of an organization) | syn | |
| 而且 | conj. | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore | syn | |
| 介绍介紹 | v. | to introduce (sb to sb) / to give a presentation / to present (sb for a job etc) / introduction | syn | |
| 音乐音樂 | n. | music / CL:張|张[zhang1],曲[qu3],段[duan4] | syn | |
| 等级等級 | n. | grade / rank / status | syn | |
| 可能 | adj., n., v. | might (happen) / possible / probable / possibility / probability / maybe / perhaps / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 这种這種 | this kind of | |||
| 建设建設 | v. | to build / to construct / to establish / to develop / to institute | ||
| 朋友 | n. | friend / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | syn | |
| 虽然雖然 | conj. | although / even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc) | syn | |
| 电子電子 | electronic / electron (particle physics) | |||
| 资源資源 | n. | natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism) | syn | |
| 看到 | to see | syn | ||
| 精华精華 | n. | best feature / most important part of an object / quintessence / essence / soul | syn | |
| 电影電影 | n. | movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] | syn | |
| 如何 | pron. | how / what way / what | syn | |
| 新闻新聞 | n. | news / CL:條|条[tiao2],個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 阅读閱讀 | v. | to read / reading | syn | |
| 安全 | adj. | safe / secure / safety / security | syn | |
| 全国全國 | whole nation / nationwide / countrywide / national | syn | ||
| 只有 | conj. | only have ... / there is only ... / (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy") / it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement") / (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in") | syn | |
| 回复回復 | v. | to recover / to revert / to return to (good health, normal condition etc) / variant of 回覆|回复[hui2fu4] | syn | |
| 大学大學 | n. | university / college / CL:所[suo3] | syn | |
| 学生學生 | n. | student / schoolchild | syn | |
| 学习學習 | v. | to learn / to study | syn | |
| 关于關於 | prep. | pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of | syn | |
| 项目項目 | n. | item / project / (sports) event / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 不同 | adj. | different / distinct / not the same / not alike | syn | |
| 以及 | conj. | and / as well as | syn | |
| 有关有關 | v., prep. | to have sth to do with / to relate to / related to / to concern / concerning | syn | |
| 那么那麼 | pron., conj. | like that / in that way / or so / so / so very much / about / in that case | syn | |
| 开发開發 | v. | to exploit (a resource) / to open up (for development) / to develop | syn | |
| 还有還有 | there still remain(s) / there is (or are) still / in addition | syn | ||
| 只是 | adv., conj. | merely / only / just / nothing but / simply / but / however | syn | |
| 非常 | adv. | very / really / unusual / extraordinary | syn | |
| 研究 | v. | research / a study / CL:項|项[xiang4] / to research / to look into | syn | |
| 广告廣告 | n. | to advertise / a commercial / advertisement / CL:項|项[xiang4] | ||
| 首页首頁 | home page (of a website) / title page / front page / first page / fig. beginning / cover letter | |||
| 方法 | n. | method / way / means / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 希望 | v. | to hope / a hope / a wish (CL:個|个[ge4]) | syn | |
| 地方 | n. | area / place / space / room / territory / CL:處|处[chu4],個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4] | syn | |
| 地方 | n. | region / regional (away from the central administration) / local | syn | |
| 单位單位 | n. | unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 怎么怎麽 | pron. | how? / what? / why? | syn | |
| 应该應該 | v. | ought to / should / must | syn | |
| 今天 | n. | today / the present time / now | syn | |
| 以上 | n. | that level or higher / that amount or more / the above-mentioned / (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. | syn | |
| 更新 | v. | to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate | syn | |
| 帖子 | n. | card / invitation / message / (forum) post | ||
| 显示顯示 | v. | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate | syn | |
| 能力 | n. | capability / ability / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 电脑電腦 | n. | computer / CL:臺|台[tai2] | syn | |
| 记者記者 | n. | reporter / journalist / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 查看 | v. | to look over / to examine / to check up / to ferret out | syn | |
| 位置 | n. | position / place / seat / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 不要 | adv. | don't! / must not | syn | |
| 无法無法 | v. | unable to / incapable of | syn | |
| 详细詳細 | adj. | detailed / in detail / minute | syn | |
| 投资投資 | v., n. | investment / to invest | syn | |
| 一般 | adj. | same / ordinary / so-so / common / general / generally / in general | syn | |
| 进入進入 | v. | to enter / to join / to go into | syn | |
| 发生發生 | v. | to happen / to occur / to take place / to break out | syn | |
| 这里這裡 | pron. | here | syn | |
| 感觉感覺 | n., v. | feeling / impression / sensation / to feel / to perceive | syn | |
| 更多 | more / even more | |||
| 你们你們 | pron. | you (plural) | syn | |
| 的话的話 | part. | if (coming after a conditional clause) | syn | |
| 起来起來 | (after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement (e.g. after 站[zhan4]) / indicating completion / (after a perception verb, e.g. 看[kan4]) expressing preliminary judgment / also pr. [qi3lai5] | syn | ||
| 起来起來 | v. | to stand up / to get up / also pr. [qi3lai2] | syn | |
| 标准標準 | n., adj. | standard / norm / criterion / (adjective) standard / good / correct / conforming to a standard | syn | |
| 一样一樣 | adj. | same / like / equal to / the same as / just like | syn | |
| 认为認為 | v. | to believe / to think / to consider / to feel | syn | |
| 女人 | wife | syn | ||
| 女人 | n. | woman | syn | |
| 那个那個 | pron. | that one / that thing / that (as opposed to this) / (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis) / (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word) / (used in speech as a filler, similar to "umm", "you know" etc) / (euph.) menstruation / sex / also pr. [nei4 ge5] | syn | |
| 设备設備 | n. | equipment / facilities / installations / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 搜索 | v. | to search (a place, a database, online etc) / to search for (sth) | syn | |
| 之后之後 | n. | after / behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards / since then | syn | |
| 然后然後 | conj. | then / after that / afterwards | syn | |
| 学校學校 | n. | school / CL:所[suo3] | syn | |
| 销售銷售 | v. | to sell / to market / sales (representative, agreement etc) | syn |