Characters by Frequency

1 [de] (gr. part.) attributive; possessive; nom.; rel. [] ​ mùdì target/goal [] ​ díquè really [] ​ taxi [] (HDC:) ​
2 [] one; ​ definite; ​ the same; ​ some, a few; ​… a/an ...; ​ a little; ​ a while; ​ together; (radical 1, ​)
3 [shì] to be, is/are; right/proper/true; ​ right and wrong; ​ whether or not; affirm/approve; (HDZ:) ​, ​; … [shí] ​ [] ​
4 [] not; no; neither; non-/un- [] (sandhi: as in ​ búduì); (HDZ:) … [] ​ [] ​ [fǒu] ​ [] ​ (HDC:) ​/​, ​/​ [fōu] (​) [] ​: ​
5 [le] (particle) ​, ​ [liǎo] ​/​ comprehend [liào] ​/​ keep watch/lookout [liāo] ​; (HDZ:) … [liáo] ​/​
6 [rén] person; ​? Anybody here?; ​ everybody; ​ others; ​ Beijingers; ​ foreigners; ​ humankind; (radical 9, ​, ​ dānrénpáng)
7 [zài] at/in/on; ​ xiànzài now; ​ cúnzài exist/be; ​ place/location
8 [] (1st person pron.) I/me; ​ we/us; ​ my/our; (HDZ:) …
9 [yǒu] have; there is; ​ haven't; ​ some [yòu] (​ ‘and/also’); (HDZ:) … [wěi] (​) ​
10 [zhōng] ​ center/middle; ​ in/among; ​ Zhōngguó China; ​ concentrate; ​ noon [zhòng] ​ hit (a target); ​ be shot; ​ be poisoned; (HDZ:) …
11(F​) [zhè] (pr.) this (ant. ​) [zhèi] (​) [yàn] cf. ​
12 [] big, great; ​ dàjiā everybody; (radical 37, ​) [dài] ​ dàifu doctor; (HDZ:) …; ​; ​ [tài] ​: ​
13(F​) [guó] (​) country; ​ China; ​ USA
14 [shàng] (go) up/on; over; top; upper/first (part); last/previous/before/former [shang] ​, ​ [shǎng] ​; (HDZ:) …
15(F​) [] (measure word); ​ individual/personal; I/me; (HDZ:) … [] ​ [gàn] ​
16(F​) [lái] come; ​ future; ​ it turns out; ​ it seems; (​) ​ wheat and barley [lai] ​ get up [lài] cf. ​
17 [] he, him; she, her; it; ​ they, them; ​… his ...; (​ qítā) other; (HDZ:) … [tuó] ​
18(F​) [wèi] (​) for, for the sake of, in order to; ​ because of; ​ why? [wéi] do/make; serve as; be, ​ become [é] [wěi] cf. ​/​
19 [dào] to, towards, until (​ ‘go to Beijing’); (v.c.) (​ ‘think of’, ​ ‘accomplish’); (HDZ:) ​, ​; …; (​)
20 [] earth (​ ‘land/soil’; ​ ‘earth/globe’; ​ ‘map’; ​ ‘place/site’) [de] (adv. part.) -ly (​ ‘suddenly’)
21 [] and; with; harmonious/harmony; sum [] harmonize (musically) [huò] ​ stir up [huó] mix/knead (dough/plaster) [huo] ​ [hàn] (ROC:) and [] ​ [huō] ​ [] (​)
22(F​) [shí] time (​, ​); ​ hour; ​ timely; ​ era; ​ age/generation; ​ situation/trend; ​ opportunity
23(F​) [men] (pl. suf.) ​ wǒmen we, ​ you (pl.); ​ people [mén] [mèn] cf. ​
24 [nián] year; ​(​,​)​ this (next, last) year; (HDZ:) ​; … [nìng] ​
25 [shēng] ​ produce; give birth (​ ‘birthday’); ​ life; raw/fresh (​ ‘fresh greens’; ​ ‘raw meat’; ​ ‘raw silk’); (radical 100, ​); (HDZ:) …
26(F​) [huì] meet/meeting; can/able; should; know/understand [kuài] calculate; accounting (​ kuàijì) [huǐ] ​ moment [kuò] [guì] cf. ​
27 [chū] go/come out, emerge, exit; emit/issue; produce (a thing/result/etc.); put forth; appear/arise (​); go beyond; be in/at; (HDZ:) ​ (ant. ​, ​); …
28 [jiù] just, simply, that is (​); thus/now (​); undertake/attend; tend/incline to; accomplish/make; (HDZ:) ​, ​…​; …
29 [] child/offspring; ​ son; ​ seed (​); sub-/subordinate (​ subset); (​) 1st Earthly Branch; (radical 39, ​) [zi] (n. suf.) ​, ​, ​, ​; (HDZ:) …
30 [yào] want; will; must/should/need [yāo] ​ yāoqiú request/demand; (HDZ:) … [yǎo] (​) ​/​
31 [] also; ​ yěxǔ perhaps; (​); (HDZ:) …; (​) ​, ​ [] ​; ​
32 [] use/using; regard/take (​ ‘take X to be Y’); so as to, in order to; as well as; ​ can/may; ​ so/therefore; (HDZ:) ​, ​使; ​使, ​; … [] ​
33(F​) [shuō] say; ​ speak [shuì] ​ lobby [yuè] ​ [tuō] ​ [suì] (HDC:) ​
34(F​) [xué] study/learn; ​ school; ​ student [huá] [jiào] [xiào] cf. ​
35 [de] (grammatical function) [] get, reach, achieve [děi] should/must; (HDZ:) …
36(F​) [duì] toward (​); oppose/contrast (​); treat/handle (​), answer/respond (​); correct/right/yes (​, ​); ​ excuse me
37 [xià] (go) down; under; below; next/after; (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​; ​; … [jià] (HDC:) ​/​
38 [] [nèi] that, the; (HDZ:) … [nuó] ​ [nuò] ​ [] ​ [něi] ​ [] ​ [] (​) [] (HDC:) (​), (​)
39 [] (​ kěyǐ) can; (​ kěshì) but; ​ kěnéng maybe; (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; …; (​) [] ​; … [] ​ Khan
40(F​) [guò] pass, go by, exceed; ​ cross the street; fault/error [guo] (v. suf., ‘completion/past’) [guō] [huò] cf. ​
41 [] (​); (F​) in, at, to, from, by, than; (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​; … [wéi] ​ [] ​ [] (​) ​ (​; ​)
42 [zhī] X’s (possessive marker, like ​ de); (​) (​) he/she/it, his/her/its; (HDZ:) ​, ​…​; ​, ​; ​…; (​) [zhū] ​ [zhì] ​
43 [hòu] ​ queen (​ ‘empress dowager’); (F​) after, behind; later; future; (HDZ:) … [gòu] ​/​ [xiàng] (HDC:) ​/​缿/​
44(F​) [zhe] (suffix) -ing [zháo] touch; feel [zhuó] touch; attach, ​ adhere; ​ emphasize [zhāo] ​; ​
45 [zhǔ] lord/master; ​ owner; ​ main; ​ zhǔyì -ism [zhú] (​) ​ zhúyi idea (GFC); (HDZ:) … [zhù] (​) ​, ​; ​: ​
46 [néng] can, be able; ​ be capable of; ​ maybe; (HDZ:) … [tái] (​) ​; ​; ​; ​ [nái] ​: ​ [nài] ​ [xióng] ​ [tāi] ​?
47 [] village; ​ half kilometer, ​ kilometer; ​ mile (F​) inside/interior (​), in; ​ there; ​ where?; (HDZ:) …
48 [duō] many/much (ant. ​); how (​); often; (HDZ:) ​ (ant. ​); ​ (ant. ​); …
49 [xiǎo] small (​ ‘little/tiny’; ​ ‘size; big and small’); narrow; young; lowly; elementary; slightly; (radical 42, ​); (HDZ:) ​, ​ (ant. ​); …
50 [ér] (​ érqiě) and, furthermore; (​ rán'ér) yet; (radical 126, ​) [néng] ​; cf. ​
51 [] (pr.) you; ​ you (pl.); ​ your; cf. ​ nín; (HDZ:) (​) ​ (cf. ​)
52 [tiān] heaven/sky; day (​ ‘today’); ​ sky; ​ blue sky; ​ weather; season (​ ‘winter’, ​ ‘summer’); ​ god/deity
53 [jiā] home, house; family; ​ nation; ​ everybody [jia] ​ sb. else; (HDZ:) … [jie] ​ [jià] ​; ​ [] ​, “​” ​; ​
54 [] go (ant. ​ lái ‘come’); leave/depart; remove/discard; past; last/previous; die; away; very; (HDZ:) … [] ​; ​ [] (HDC:) ​/​/​
55 [gōng] (​ gōngzuò) work, job; ​ worker; ​ artisan/craftsman; ​ engineering; (radical 48, ​); (HDZ:) …
56 [shí] ten; ​ shísān thirteen; ​ wǔshí fifty; (radical 24, ​); (HDZ:) (​) ​; ​; …
57 [yòng] (​, ​使) use/utilize; ​ useful (​ ‘no need’); ​ applicable; ​ practical; ​ try out; (radical 101, ​); (HDZ:) …
58 [zuò] do; ​ make; ​ work; ​ homework; ​ action/function/effect; ​ break out, erupt, spring up [zuō] ​ workshop; (HDZ:) … [zuó] (​, …) [] ​ [zhà] ​
59 [fēn] divide, separate; fraction; part, branch; minute (of time) [fèn] weight, portion; (HDZ:) … [fén] (​) [bàn] ​
60 [] (F​) ​ shoot/emit; ​ develop; ​ find; ​ happen [] (F​) hair (​ tóufa) [] (F​) (​) ​
61 [] (​ zìjǐ) self; ​ freedom; ​ since, from (​ ‘come from’); ​ zìrán nature; (radical 132, ​); (HDZ:) ​; ​, ​; (​) ​, ​; …
62 [chéng] become (​, ​); accomplish/complete (​); succeed/success (​); (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; …; (​)
63 [] (​ shǒudū) national capital city [dōu] ​ all; ​ mostly; (HDZ:) … [zhū] cf. (​) ​/​
64 [fāng] ​ side/aspect; ​ square; ​ place; (radical 70, ​) [fáng] (​); …; ​; ​ [fǎng] ​/​ [páng] ​…; ​ [wǎng] ​=​=​ [fēng] (​)
65 [mín] (​ rénmín) people; ​ mínzhǔ democracy; (HDZ:) … [mián] (=​) (=​)
66 [hǎo] good/fine/well (​); seems like (​); beloved; easy [hào] to like (​ àihào ‘hobby’); hole [hāo] ​ hǎohāor in good shape, carefully; (HDZ:) …
67 [] sun; day; ​ rìjì diary; ​ rìguāng sunlight; (HDZ:) ​; ​, ​; …
68(F​) [hái] still, yet; also [huán] ​ return, ​ pay/give back; (HDZ:) … [] (​) ​/​、​ [xuán] cf. ​
69(F​) [jīng] warp (​ ‘warp and woof’); way/channel; pass through, experience (​), ​ already; ​ classics/scriptures, sutra (​); ​ longitude [jìng] cf. ​
70(F​) [méi] (​) not have [] sink; overflow; disappear; confiscate; (HDZ:) … [me] ​; (​)
71 [tóng] same (​); with, together (​); common (​); ​ comrade; (F​) (​) [tòng] ​ hútòng lane (F​) (HDZ:) … [dòng] cf. ​, (HDC:) ​
72 [] (​ rúguǒ) if; ​ rúcǐ like this; ​ for example; (HDZ:) ​, ​; …
73 [] she, her; ​ they, them (female); ​… her ... [jiě] ​ [chí] (​)
74 [me] (F​) ​ like/so; (int. suf.) ​ what? [] ​/​/​ [yāo] (S​) small; (HDZ:) … [] ​ [ma] ​
75 [] rise, start; ​ get up, arise; ​ get out of bed; off/up/out; ​ excuse me; (HDZ:) … [qi] (​) ​ bǎngqilai
76 [běn] root (​); origin/originally (​); basis/basic (​); volume/book/edition (​, ​); ​ capital; ​ net cost; ​ Japan; (HDZ:) … [bēn] ​=​
77 [xíng] go; OK; action (​); on-going (​); drive/operate; (radical 144, ​) [háng] line, row/column; rank; ​ profession [hàng] ​; (HDZ:) … [héng] ​ [xìng] …; (​)
78 [xīn] ​ heart; ​ center; ​ hollow; ​ heart/mind; ​ thought; ​ psychology; ​ be careful; (​); (radical 61, ​, ​); (HDZ:) …; (​)
79 [suǒ] ​ place/location; that which; ​ so, therefore; ​ all/every; possess; (HDZ:) …
80 [rán] ​ although; ​ suddenly; ​ of course; ​ nature/natural (​); (HDZ:) …
81 [shì] thing/event; ​ matter/thing, business/situation; ​ incident; ​ deal with; (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​; ​; … [] ​: ​, ​; ​/​: ​, ​
82(F​) [xiàn] appear; ​ now; ​ find/discover; ​ modern
83 [sān] three; ​ generalize; ​ Third World [sàn] (HDC:) (​) ​ (​)
84 [jiā] add; increase (​); join/attend (​); (HDZ:) ​, ​; ​, ​
85 [xiǎng] think/thought/idea; think/feel/consider; ​ imagine; ​ wish/want; (HDZ:) ​; ​, ​ (​, ​); … [xiāng] (HDC:?) ​, ​
86 [miàn] ​ face (​ ‘face-to-face’); ​ surface; ​ aspect/side/facet; ​ mask; (F​) wheat flour; flour; ​ bread; ​ noodle; ​ minibus; (HDZ:) …
87(F​) [kāi] open; ​ begin/start [kai] ​, ​ [qiān] [jiān] cf. ​
88(F​) [diàn] (​) lightning; electricity (​ ‘electric current’); ​ phone
89(F​) [zhǒng] ​ seed; ​ kind/type, species, category [zhòng] ​ sow/plant; ​ to plant/grow; ​ till/cultivate; (HDZ:) … [chóng] ​; (​); cf. ​
90 [qián] before/formerly/previously (​, ​); before/facing, in front of (​); (HDZ:) … [jiǎn] ​; ​
91 [dāng] (F​) serve as; (F​) ding-dong [dàng] (F​) (​) regard as [dǎng] (F​) ​ useful
92 [měi] ​ beautiful; ​ fine arts; ​ U.S.; ​ U.S. dollar; (HDZ:) ​; ​; …
93 [èr] two; ​ second; ​ February; (radical 7, ​) [] (HDC:) (​) “​”, ​, ​; (​?)
94 [wài] (​) outside; exterior; ​ wàiguórén foreigner; ​ unexpected; ​ maternal grandfather
95 [dào] way/path/road; journey; ​ walk/travel; reason/principle; ​ know; ​ say/speak; ​ Taoism; (HDZ:) … [dǎo] (=​) guide/lead; instruct [dāo] ​
96(F​) [cóng] from; since; ​ always; ​ follow [cōng] ​ murky [zòng] [zǒng] [zōng] [sǒng] cf. ​
97(F​) [dòng] move (​); ​ movement/motion; act/action; ​ animal; ​ activity; ​ movement/exercise/sports
98 [kàn] look; ​ see; ​ it seems; ​ read/study a book, ​ read and understand [kān] watch/guard/tend (​, ​); (HDZ:) …
99(F​) [] ​ commerce/trade; ​ industry; ​ profession/job; ​ schoolwork, ​ homework
100 [gāo] high/tall; heighten (​ ‘improve’; ​ ‘happy’); high (temperature/speed/etc.); (​); (radical 189, ​); (HDZ:) … [gào] (​) ​

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