Most common Chinese words 1001–2000

identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以 (yǐ) + ... + 的身份 (deshēnfèn)); status (social, legal etc); position; rank

通知tōngzhī

to notify; to inform; notice; notification

大陆dàlù

continent; mainland

中学zhōngxué

middle school

云yún

(classical) to say; cloud

互联网Hùliánwǎng

Internet

来到láidào

to arrive; to come

女子nǚzǐ

woman; female

专门zhuānmén

specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose); (of institutions, personnel etc) designated or assigned for a specific task; special

对方duìfāng

the other person; the other side; the other party

少数shǎoshù

small number; few; minority

几天jǐtiān

several days

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

指导zhǐdǎo

to guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer

明确míngquè

clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

法院fǎyuàn

court of law; court

犯罪fànzuì

to commit a crime; crime; offense

理由lǐyóu

reason; grounds; justification

结婚jiéhūn

to marry; to get married

缺乏quēfá

to lack; to be short of

联合国Liánhéguó

United Nations

兴趣xìngqù

interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby

表演biǎoyǎn

play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate

复杂fùzá

complicated; complex

计算jìsuàn

to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over; to plot; to scheme

货币huòbì

currency; monetary; money

赢yíng

to beat; to win; to profit

邀请yāoqǐng

to invite; invitation

随suí

to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently

体现tǐxiàn

to embody; to reflect; to incarnate

高兴gāoxìng

happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood

体tǐ

body; form; style; system; substance; to experience; aspect (linguistics)

喝hē

to drink

传chuán

to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)

材料cáiliào

(raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job

不得bùdé

must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot

值zhí

value; (to be) worth; to happen to; to be on duty

传播chuánbō

to disseminate; to propagate; to spread

南京Nánjīng

Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368–1421) and of the Republic of China (1927–1937 and 1946–1949)

否则fǒuzé

otherwise; if not; or (else)

单dān

bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number

基金jījīn

fund

学者xuézhě

scholar

山shān

mountain; hill (CL:座 (zuò)); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

文wén

language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67

斯sī

(phonetic); this

核心héxīn

core; nucleus

满足mǎnzú

to satisfy; to meet (the needs of); satisfied; content

热rè

to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent

争取zhēngqǔ

to fight for; to strive for; to win over

特殊tèshū

special; particular; unusual; extraordinary

移民yímín

to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant

连续liánxù

continuous; in a row; serial; consecutive

进步jìnbù

progress; improvement; to improve; to progress

遭zāo

to suffer; to meet with (usu. misfortune); classifier for events: time, turn, incident

杂志zázhì

magazine

电视台diànshìtái

television station

类型lèixíng

type; kind; category; (computer programming) type

体制tǐzhì

system; organization

鼓励gǔlì

to encourage

度dù

to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences

纽约Niǔyuē

New York

中华Zhōnghuá

Zhonghua, historical and cultural term for China, often used to denote Chinese civilization and identity (as in 中华文化 (Zhōnghuáwénhuà) "Chinese culture")

久jiǔ

(of a period of time) long

人生rénshēng

life (one's time on earth)

今jīn

now; the present time; current; contemporary; this (day, year etc)

优秀yōuxiù

outstanding; excellent

制定zhìdìng

to draw up; to formulate

刚刚gānggang

just recently; just a moment ago