CHINESE 1000 HIGH FREQUENCY VOCAB

的(de)

de/possessive/attributive particle,'s,of

了

le/completed-action / change-of-state particle

是

shì/to be,is,yes

我

wǒ/I,me

你

nǐ/you (singular)

他

tā/he,him

不

bù/not,no

在

zài/at,in,to be located at,-ing (progressive)

有

yǒu/to have,there is

这

zhè/this

个

gè/general measure word

们

men/plural suffix (for pronouns/people)

中

zhōng/middle,center,in,China

来

lái/to come

上

shàng/up,on,above,previous

大

dà/big,large

为

wèi/for,because of

和

hé/and,with

国

guó/country,nation

说

shuō/to say,to speak

人

rén/person,people

也

yě/also,too

就

jiù/then,just,at once

都

dōu/all,both

要

yào/to want,will,must

会

huì/can,will,to be able to,meeting

到

dào/to arrive,to reach,to

一

yī/one,a

时

shí/time,hour,when

能

néng/can,to be able to

下

xià/down,below,under,next

地

de/adverbial particle (before verbs),ground

年

nián/year

得

de/complement particle (after verbs),must (děi)

过

guò/to pass,experiential particle (have done)

子

zi/noun suffix,child,son

说话

shuō huà/to speak,to talk

想

xiǎng/to want,to think,to miss

看

kàn/to look,to watch,to read

把

bǎ/object-marker particle,to hold,measure word

她

tā/she,her

里

lǐ/inside,in

后

hòu/after,behind,back

出

chū/to go out,to come out,to produce

好

hǎo/good,well,OK

小

xiǎo/small,little

么

me/interrogative suffix (in 什shén么me/怎zěn么me)

心

xīn/heart,mind,center

多

duō/many,much,more

天

tiān/day,sky,heaven

而

ér/and,but,yet (conjunction)

着

zhe/continuous-aspect particle (-ing state)

可以

kě yǐ/can,may,be allowed to

它

tā/it

道

dào/way,path,to say,doctrine

发

fā/to send out,to emit,to develop

如

rú/like,as,if,such as

家

jiā/home,family,house

吃

chī/to eat

经

jīng/to pass through,classic text,already (经jīng)

法

fǎ/law,method,way

十

shí/ten

用

yòng/to use,to employ

同

tóng/same,alike,together with

主

zhǔ/main,master,host,lord

没

méi/not,have not,there isn't

现

xiàn/present,now,to appear

本

běn/measure word for books,root,this

从

cóng/from,since

去

qù/to go

之

zhī/of,possessive particle (literary)

给

gěi/to give,for,to (recipient)

还

hái/still,yet,also,to return (huán)

面

miàn/face,surface,side,noodles

开

kāi/to open,to start,to drive

因

yīn/cause,because of,reason

定

dìng/to decide,fixed,certainly

前

qián/front,before,ago

两

liǎng/two (before measure words)

再

zài/again,then,once more

意

yì/meaning,idea,intention

事

shì/matter,thing,affair

点

diǎn/point,o'clock,a bit,dot

做

zuò/to do,to make

外

wài/outside,foreign

样

yàng/kind,type,manner,appearance

成

chéng/to become,to succeed,to complete

果

guǒ/fruit,result

意思

yì si/meaning,idea,intention

什么

shén me/what

所

suǒ/place,that which (nominalizer)

起

qǐ/to rise,to get up,to begin

现在

xiàn zài/now,at present

知

zhī/to know

知道

zhī dào/to know,to be aware of

进

jìn/to enter,to advance,in

回

huí/to return,to go back,time (measure)

很

hěn/very

最

zuì/most,-est (superlative)

什

shén/what (in 什shén么me)