Most common Chinese words 501–1000

to go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer; classifier for literary divisions (acts of a play, sections or chapters of a classic book); classifier for occurrences or times; to curve; to return; to revolve

如此rúcǐ

like this; so; such

整个zhěnggè

whole; entire; total

书shū

book; letter; document; to write

经过jīngguò

to pass; to go through; process; course

群众qúnzhòng

mass; multitude; the masses

选举xuǎnjǔ

to elect; election

媒体méitǐ

media, esp. news media

才能cáinéng

talent; ability; capacity

欧洲Ōuzhōu

Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲 (ŌuluóbāZhōu))

以下yǐxià

that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

利用lìyòng

to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize

制度zhìdù

system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution

每个měige

each; every

比赛bǐsài

competition (sports etc); match; to compete

表现biǎoxiàn

to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior

达到dádào

to reach; to achieve; to attain

我国wǒguó

my country; our country

行xíng

(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit; (bound form) temporary; makeshift; (bound form) current; in circulation; (bound form) to do; to perform; capable; competent; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. xìng); (literary) about to; soon

未来wèilái

future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending

主席zhǔxí

chairperson; premier; chairman

以上yǐshàng

that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

年代niándài

a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

几个jǐge

a few; several; how many

心xīn

heart; mind; intention; center; core

成员chéngyuán

member

讲jiǎng

to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture

办法bànfǎ

way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem

开发kāifā

to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

以来yǐlái

since (used after a specified time or event)

图片túpiàn

picture; photograph

革命gémìng

to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)

别bié

to leave; to part (from); (literary) to differentiate; to distinguish; (dialect) to turn away; to turn aside; to avert (one's face, gaze etc); (bound form) other; another; different; don't ...!; to fasten with a pin or clip; to stick in; to insert (in order to hinder movement); (noun suffix) category (as in 性别 (xìngbié), 派别 (pàibié))

占zhàn

to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

反fǎn

contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; …

基本jīběn

basic; fundamental; main; elementary

导致dǎozhì

to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about

条tiáo

strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

注意zhùyì

to take note of; to pay attention to

的话dehuà

if (coming after a conditional clause)

送sòng

to send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present); to see (sb) off; to accompany; to go along with

除了chúle

apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他，除了他，谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語，除了英语，他也会法语[chu2 le5 Ying1 yu3 , ta1 ye3 hui4 Fa3 yu3] "in addition to English, he also knows French"); (used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 (chúle) + A + 就是 (jiùshì) + B, "either A or B")

离开líkāi

to depart; to leave

价值jiàzhí

value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values

处chǔ

to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; …

加入jiārù

to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in

反对fǎnduì

to oppose; to be against; to object to

属于shǔyú

to belong to; to fall under (a category)

建筑jiànzhù

to construct; building

形成xíngchéng

to form; to take shape

数据shùjù

data

版bǎn

a register; block of printing; edition; version; page

发布fābù

to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute

银行yínháng

bank

音乐yīnyuè

music

行政xíngzhèng

administration; (attributive) administrative; executive

啦la

sentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples

Particle

之一zhīyī

one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

增长zēngzhǎng

to grow; to increase

官方guānfāng

government; official (approved or issued by an authority)

德国Déguó

Germany

性xìng

nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; …

是不是shìbushì

is or is not (used to form yes-no questions)

经验jīngyàn

experience; to go through; to experience

语言yǔyán

language

变化biànhuà

(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

显示xiǎnshì

to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate

指zhǐ

finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end