1000 Most Common Chinese Words

姓

xìng surname, one's family name is

名字

míngzi name

哪国人

nǎguórén a person of which country

你

nǐ you

我

wǒ I, me

认识你很高兴

rènshì nǐ hěn gāoxìng It's nice to meet you

是

shì is

美国

Měiguó United States

中国

Zhōngguó China

忙

máng busy

累

lèi tired , tiring

好

hǎo good

你们

nǐmen you (plural), y'all

学生

xuéshēng student, students

老师

lǎoshī teacher

再见

zàijiàn goodbye

日本

Rìběn Japan

他

tā He, him

要

yào to want

喜欢

xǐhuan to like

喝

hē to drink

吃

chī to eat

咖啡

kāfēi coffee

菜

cài dish, cuisine

茶

chá tea

口

kǒu measure word for family members

个

gè general measure word, measure word for people

爸爸

bàba father

妈妈

māma mother

哥哥

gēge older brother

姐姐

jiějie older sister

弟弟

dìdi younger brother

妹妹

mèimei younger sister

家

jiā home, family

和

hé and

谁

shéi who

狗

gǒu dog

好看

hǎokàn good-looking

书

shū book, books

兄弟姐妹

xiōngdì jiěmèi siblings

房子

fángzi house

家人

jiārén family member

介绍

jièshào to introduce

漂亮

piàoliàng beautiful

张

zhāng a measure word for photograph, picture, paper, table etc.

女儿

nǚér daughter

猫

māo cat

照片

zhàopiàn pictures, photos

多

duō many, more

两

liǎng two

可爱

kěài cute,lovely

块

kuài piece； dollar

杯

bēi cup, cups

瓶

píng bottle, bottles

买

mǎi buy

钱

qián money

东西

dōngxi thing, things, stuff

谢谢

xièxie Thank you

不客气

búkèqì You're welcome

些

xiē some

百

bǎi hundred

一共

yígòng altogether

今天

jīntiān today

几点

jǐdiǎn What time

分

fēn minute

看

kàn to read, to watch

电影

diànyǐng movie

上网

shàngwǎng Surf Internet

现在

xiànzài now

半

bàn half

做

zuò to do

做饭

zuòfàn to cook

吃饭

chīfàn to eat

请问

qǐngwèn Excuse me, may I ask...

饭馆

fànguǎn restaurant

服务员

fúwùyuán waiter, waitress

杯子

bēizi cup

真

zhēn really

点菜

diǎncài to order food

好吃

hǎochī tasty/delicious

水

shuǐ water

少

shǎo few

买单

mǎidān to pay

昨天

zuótiān yesterday

明天

míngtiān tomorrow

什么时候

shénme shíhou when

上午

shàngwǔ morning

星期

xīngqī Week, day of the week

起床

qǐchuáng wake up

早饭

zǎofàn breakfast

睡觉

shuìjiào sleep

上课

shàngkè go to class,attend class

想

xiǎng to want to ,to plan to/to think

月

yuè month

日

rì day

下午

xiàwǔ afternoon

晚上

wǎnshàng evening

请

qǐng to treat, to invite

来

lái to come

有空

yǒukòng have free time, to be free