Most common Chinese words 2001–4000

(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for

旁páng

one side; other; different; lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 (dāo), 亻 (rén) etc)

民国Mínguó

Republic of China (1912-1949)

水果shuǐguǒ

fruit

河流héliú

river

洞dòng

cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)

湾wān

bay; gulf; to cast anchor; to moor (a boat)

甚shèn

excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)

略lüè

brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory)

发放fāfàng

to provide; to give; to grant

眼yǎn

eye (CL:只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)); (often used with 一 (yī)) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

示威shìwēi

to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration; a military show of force

神话shénhuà

legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology

秀xiù

(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent; (loanword) show (as in 时装秀 (shízhuāngxiù)); (loanword) to show off; to flaunt (as in 秀厨艺 (xiùchúyì)); (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

管辖guǎnxiá

to administer; to have jurisdiction (over)

丝sī

silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

总数zǒngshù

total; sum; aggregate

舞wǔ

to dance; to wield; to brandish

要么yàome

or; either one or the other

Conjunction

调节tiáojié

to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)

较大jiàodà

comparatively large

辅助fǔzhù

to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary

轻易qīngyì

easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly

迫使pòshǐ

to force; to compel

进而jìn'ér

and then; and thereby; and in turn

链liàn

chain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m); chain (unit of length: 66 feet, about 20 m); to chain; to enchain

阻碍zǔ'ài

to obstruct; to hinder; to block; obstruction; hindrance

集会jíhuì

to gather; assembly; meeting

黑龙江Hēilóngjiāng

Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia

任命rènmìng

to appoint; (job) appointment

助理zhùlǐ

assistant

命名mìngmíng

to give a name to; to dub; to christen; to designate; named after; naming

度过dùguò

to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through

推行tuīxíng

to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc); to promote; to advance (the practice of an art form, the use of a language etc); to push along (a bicycle etc while walking)

晚安wǎn'ān

Good night!; Good evening!

烧shāo

to burn; to set on fire; to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc); to braise; to cook; to prepare food; to run a fever; fever; (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away

踢tī

to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)

过于guòyú

excessively; too

远离yuǎnlí

to be far from; to keep away from

面向miànxiàng

to face; to turn towards; geared towards; catering for; -oriented; (Tw) aspect; facet

高速公路gāosùgōnglù

expressway; highway; freeway

弹tán

to pluck (a string); to play (a string instrument); to spring or leap; to shoot (e.g. with a catapult); (of cotton) to fluff or tease; to flick; to flip; to accuse; to impeach; elastic (of materials)

反复fǎnfù

repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return

太太tàitai

married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife

姓xìng

family name; surname; to be surnamed ...

笑话xiàohua

joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock; ridiculous; absurd

三星Sānxīng

Samsung (South Korean electronics company)

上下shàngxià

the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文 (shàngxiàwén) "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦 (shàngxiàhémù) "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 举国上下 (jǔguóshàngxià) "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下 (bùxiāngshàngxià) "evenly matched")

信用xìnyòng

trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint

债务zhàiwù

debt; liability; amount due; indebtedness

册cè

book; booklet; classifier for books

凡fán

ordinary; commonplace; mundane; temporal; of the material world (as opposed to supernatural or immortal levels); every; all; whatever; altogether; gist; …

出身chūshēn

to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin

印yìn

to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image

原料yuánliào

raw material

古老gǔlǎo

ancient; old; age-old

吉jí

lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

呼吸hūxī

to breathe