100 Most Common Mandarin characters

的

de - grammatical particle, when between 2 nouns de serves as an 's like baba de dangao is dads cake and jin nian de dangao is this years cake

一

yī - one

是

shì - to be, are, yes

不

bù - not

太了

tai le, means extreme, for example tai hao le is insanely good

人

rén - person

我

wǒ - I, me, my

在

zài - at, located at ex wo zai wo de ja im at my house, in the process of doing something ex wo zai pau bu, im running

有

yǒu - have EX: wo you yi ge gou I have a dog, there is, to exist or be.

他

tā - he, him, she, her, that

这

zhè this

中

zhōng in the middle of

大

dà big

上

shàng above, on, over, top, (go) up, last

国

guó country, state, nation,

事

shì matter, affair, thing, event, accident, job, responsibility

十

shí ten

只

zhǐ only, just, merely

个

gè measure word

作

zuò do, make

用

yòng use

文

wén language, literature

说

shuō speak, say (=说话 shuōhuà)

无

wú without, nothingness, have not

主

zhǔ lord, master, host, god,

们

men (ex. 我们 | wǒmen | we)

为

wèi for, for the sake of, in order to

子

zǐ child, son

又

yòu again, both... and...

和

hé and, together, with

你

nǐ you, your

地

dì earth, ground, soil, place, position, distance

见

jiàn appear to be, meet with, call on

出

chū go out, come out, in direction out from something

头

tóu head, top, first

也

yě also, as well

面

miàn face, surface,

年

nián year

三

sān three

得

de (ex. 走得快 | zǒude kuài | walk quickly)

已

yǐ already

那

nà that

从

cóng from, through, join, follower, secondary

要

yào want, will, shall, need, important, essential

两

liǎng two (before classifier), 50 grams

下

xià below, under, (go) down, next (as opposed to previous/last)

长

cháng long, lasting, length

生

shēng give birth, life

会

huì can, able, meet, meeting, society, union, party

着

zhe verb particle marking a continuing progress/state

去

qù go, leave, depart

家

jiā home, house, family

学

xué study, learn

对

duì correct, answer, treat, agree, mutual, pair

可

kě ~able, (=可以 kěyǐ) may, can

她

tā she, her

后

hòu behind, back

小

xiǎo small

么

me (interrogative suffix) 什么? shénme? / What?

心

xīn heart

多

duō many, much, more

天

tiān sky, heaven, day

能

néng can, be able

好

hǎo good, good to..., easy to...

都

dōu all

没

méi (=没有 méiyǒu) haven't, there isn't

日

rì sun

于

yú in, at, for, to, from, by, than

还

hái still, yet

百

băi, 100

千

qīan, 1000

夫

fū, man

男

nán, Male

口

kôu, mouth

目

mù, eye

耳

ěr, ear

闻

wén, hear

手

shôu, hand

工

gõng, work

脚

Jîao, foot

来

lái, to come

入

rù, enter

佐

zûo, left

右

yòu, right

吃

chī, to eat

茶

chá, tea

效

xìao, school

狗

gôu, dog

猫

māo, cat

木

mù, wood, tree

火

huô, fire

水

shûi, water

气

qì, air

雨

yû, rain

山

shān, mountain

店

dìan, shop

车

chē, vehicle

白

bái, white

黑

hēi, black

红

hóng, red