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Most common Chinese words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1401–1500
上级shàngjí
higher authorities; superiors
元素yuánsù
element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element; (math.) element (member of a set)
出门chūmén
to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
制裁zhìcái
to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)
劳动力láodònglì
labor force; manpower
品pǐn
(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute)
回顾huígù
to look back; to review
坑kēng
pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive; (coll.) to cheat; to scam; to screw over
大桥DàQiáo
Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三国演义 (SānguóYǎnyì), the two great beauties of ancient China
大胆dàdǎn
brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless
年初niánchū
beginning of the year
几次jǐcì
several times
延伸yánshēn
to extend; to stretch; to expand; to spread
延续yánxù
to continue; to go on; to last
打造dǎzào
to forge (metal); (fig.) to create; to build; to develop
授予shòuyǔ
to award; to confer
时报Shíbào
"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
智能zhìnéng
intelligent; able; smart (phone, system, bomb etc)
暂停zàntíng
to suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports); stoppage; pause (media player)
望wàng
full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards; 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
核hé
pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify; to investigate
游泳yóuyǒng
swimming; to swim
湖hú
lake
奖金jiǎngjīn
premium; award money; bonus
留言liúyán
to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
目录mùlù
catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents
瞧qiáo
to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit
研究生yánjiūshēng
graduate student; postgraduate student; research student
精jīng
essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; …
纸zhǐ
paper (CL:张 (zhāng),沓 (dá)); classifier for documents, letters etc
绑bǎng
to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
繁荣fánróng
prosperous; booming
美术měishù
art; fine arts; painting
声称shēngchēng
to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
般bān
sort; kind; class; way; manner
花园huāyuán
garden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants
设有shèyǒu
to have; to incorporate; to feature
过度guòdù
excessive; over-; excess; going too far; extravagant; intemperate; overdue
关联guānlián
to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection
靠近kàojìn
to be close to; to approach; to draw near
领先lǐngxiān
to lead; to be in front
题材tícái
subject matter
香xiāng
fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick
骑士qíshì
knight; cavalier; (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
腾讯Téngxùn
Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998
台北Táiběi
Taipei, capital of Taiwan
严肃yánsù
(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting; to strictly enforce
装饰zhuāngshì
to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental
阿里Ālǐ
(name) Ali; Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam; Alibaba, e-commerce company (abbr. for 阿里巴巴 (Ālǐbābā))
雨yǔ
rain
好吃hǎochī
tasty; delicious
婚礼hūnlǐ
wedding ceremony; wedding
爬pá
to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up
签qiān
to sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document; inscribed bamboo stick (variant of 签 (qiān)); visa; inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag
一方面yīfāngmiàn
on the one hand
之内zhīnèi
inside; within
事儿shìr
one's employment; business; matter that needs to be settled; (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding; trying; troublesome
京jīng
capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)
其次qícì
next; secondly
出于chūyú
due to; to stem from
初步chūbù
initial; preliminary; tentative
剥夺bōduó
to deprive; to expropriate; to strip (sb of his property)
创意chuàngyì
creative; creativity
含有hányǒu
to contain; including
回报huíbào
(in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
地产dìchǎn
real estate; landed estate; landed property
基因jīyīn
gene (loanword)
垄断lǒngduàn
to monopolize
季jì
season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
学员xuéyuán
student; member of an institution of learning; officer cadet
尊严zūnyán
dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty
岗位gǎngwèi
a post; a job
情节qíngjié
circumstances; plot; storyline
感动gǎndòng
to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving
手里shǒulǐ
in hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
扮演bànyǎn
to play the role of; to act
抵制dǐzhì
to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal
排除páichú
to eliminate; to remove; to exclude; to rule out
接到jiēdào
to receive (letter etc)
历lì
calendar; to experience; to undergo; to pass through; all; each; every; history
期望qīwàng
to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope
果然guǒrán
really; sure enough; as expected; if indeed
桥梁qiáoliáng
bridge (lit. and fig.)
正当zhèngdāng
timely; just (when needed)
没法méifǎ
at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice
玩具wánjù
plaything; toy
环节huánjié
(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc); (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
田tián
field; farm