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Most common Chinese words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1–100
大多dàduō
for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly
奇怪qíguài
strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled
幸运xìngyùn
fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
感gǎn
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~
承担chéngdān
to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
收费shōufèi
to charge a fee
收购shōugòu
to purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover
日常rìcháng
day-to-day; daily; everyday
星期xīngqī
week; day of the week; Sunday
每次měicì
each time; every time
治理zhìlǐ
to govern; to administer; to manage; to control; governance
理想lǐxiǎng
an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
看起来kànqǐlai
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
美女měinǚ
beautiful woman
落实luòshí
practical; workable; to implement; to carry out; to decide
血xuè
blood; colloquial pr. xiě
解放jiěfàng
to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949
警告jǐnggào
to warn; to admonish
猪zhū
hog; pig; swine
退出tuìchū
to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
适用shìyòng
to be applicable
酒jiǔ
wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage
传说chuánshuō
legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
全体quántǐ
all; entire
协调xiétiáo
to coordinate; to harmonize; to fit together; to match (colors etc); harmonious; concerted
差异chāyì
difference; discrepancy
市民shìmín
city resident; townspeople
签署qiānshǔ
to sign (an agreement)
装备zhuāngbèi
equipment; to equip; to outfit
差chā
difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
长zhǎng
chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop; to increase; to enhance
正zhēng
first month of the lunar year
票piào
ticket; ballot; banknote; person held for ransom; amateur performance of Chinese opera; classifier for groups, batches, business transactions
立刻lìkè
immediately; at once; right away
以外yǐwài
apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond
占领zhànlǐng
to capture; to seize; to occupy by force
作战zuòzhàn
combat; to fight
全民quánmín
entire population; all the people (of a country or society)
到处dàochù
everywhere
前进qiánjìn
to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
化学huàxué
chemistry; chemical
同一tóngyī
identical; the same
命mìng
life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
年底niándǐ
end of the year
心中xīnzhōng
central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart
想起xiǎngqǐ
to recall; to think of; to call to mind
房fáng
house; room; branch of an extended family; classifier for family members (or concubines)
提到tídào
to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
摄影shèyǐng
to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie)
日报rìbào
daily newspaper
明星míngxīng
star; celebrity
法庭fǎtíng
court of law
当选dāngxuǎn
to be elected; to be selected
发起fāqǐ
to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)
相互xiānghù
each other; mutual
相应xiāngyìng
to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly
破pò
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; …
表明biǎomíng
to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known
记忆jìyì
to remember; to recall; memory
试验shìyàn
experiment; test; to experiment; experimental
输shū
to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
随时suíshí
at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary
韩Hán
Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄; Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897; Korea, esp. South Korea 大韩民国
保险bǎoxiǎn
insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to
结论jiélùn
conclusion; verdict; to conclude; to reach a verdict
藏cáng
to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect
尽jǐn
to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to
事物shìwù
thing; object
更是gèngshì
even more (so)
街道jiēdào
street; subdistrict; residential district
一生yīshēng
all one's life; throughout one's life
主持zhǔchí
to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor
具jù
tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; …
分为fēnwéi
to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
反而fǎn'ér
on the contrary; instead
基jī
(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry); (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
大规模dàguīmó
large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale
安装ānzhuāng
to install; to erect; to fix; to mount; installation
将会jiānghuì
auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to
年轻人niánqīngrén
young people; youngster
改造gǎizào
to transform; to reform; to remodel; to remold
本地běndì
local; this locality
气qì
gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi
满mǎn
to fill; full; filled; packed; fully; completely; quite; to reach the limit; to satisfy; satisfied; …
热情rèqíng
cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately
牺牲xīshēng
to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
睡觉shuìjiào
to go to bed; to sleep
空气kōngqì
air; atmosphere
编biān
to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; …
总部zǒngbù
headquarters
职务zhíwù
post; position; job; duties
股东gǔdōng
shareholder; stockholder