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Most common Chinese words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 1701–1800
法治fǎzhì
rule of law; to rule by law
注重zhùzhòng
to pay attention to; to emphasize
渴望kěwàng
to thirst for; to long for
演变yǎnbiàn
to develop; to evolve
营养yíngyǎng
nutrition; nourishment
生成shēngchéng
to generate; to produce; to form; to be formed; to come into being; to be born with; to be blessed with
症状zhèngzhuàng
symptom (of an illness)
登dēng
to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)
发布会fābùhuì
press conference; news conference; product launch event
确què
authenticated; solid; firm; real; true
码头mǎtou
wharf; dock; quay; pier
绝望juéwàng
to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation
练liàn
to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk
聚集jùjí
to assemble; to gather
职能zhínéng
function; role
色情sèqíng
pornography; sex
补bǔ
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
视觉shìjué
sight; vision; visual
起义qǐyì
uprising; insurrection; revolt
躲duǒ
to hide; to dodge; to avoid
辐射fúshè
to radiate; radiation
通用tōngyòng
to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc); to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc); (of two or more things) interchangeable
通道tōngdào
(communications) channel; thoroughfare; passage
过渡guòdù
to cross over (by ferry); transition; interim; caretaker (administration)
开设kāishè
to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc)
频率pínlǜ
frequency
毒品dúpǐn
drugs; narcotics
打dá
(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. dǎ
友谊yǒuyì
companionship; fellowship; friendship
勒lè
(literary) bridle; halter; headstall; to rein in; to compel; to force; (literary) to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead (an army etc); (physics) lux (abbr. for 勒克斯 (lèkèsī))
对应duìyìng
to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
崩溃bēngkuì
to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
毁灭huǐmiè
to perish; to ruin; to destroy
热烈rèliè
enthusiastic; ardent; warm
烂làn
soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
看待kàndài
to look upon; to regard
长江ChángJiāng
Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
一度yīdù
for a time; at one time; one time; once
交往jiāowǎng
to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
修正xiūzhèng
to revise; to amend; to rectify
优yōu
excellent; superior
半年bànnián
half a year
即便jíbiàn
even if; even though; right away; immediately
商务shāngwù
commercial affairs; commercial; commerce; business
委托wěituō
to entrust; to trust; to commission
射击shèjī
to shoot; to fire (a gun)
屋wū
(bound form) house; (bound form) room
愈yù
the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better
把握bǎwò
to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)
拿出náchū
to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence)
控kòng
to control; to accuse; to charge; to sue; to invert a container to empty it; (suffix) (slang) buff; enthusiast; devotee; -phile or -philia
提交tíjiāo
to submit (a report etc); to refer (a problem) to sb
敌dí
(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
毒dú
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics
渠道qúdào
irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue
游yóu
to swim; to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel
为此wèicǐ
for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end
状zhuàng
(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition; (bound form) to describe; (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit; (bound form) certificate
当成dàngchéng
to consider as; to take to be
笔者bǐzhě
the author; the writer (usu. refers to oneself)
等到děngdào
to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc)
简jiǎn
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
练习liànxí
to practice; exercise; drill; practice
聚会jùhuì
party; gathering; to meet; to get together
艰难jiānnán
difficult; arduous; hard
艾ài
Chinese mugwort (Artemisia); moxa
兰lán
orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木兰)
补偿bǔcháng
to compensate; to make up
要说yàoshuō
as for; when it comes to
说服shuōfú
to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. shuìfú
证书zhèngshū
credentials; certificate
走出zǒuchū
to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
起点qǐdiǎn
starting point
开幕kāimù
to open (a conference); to inaugurate
阴谋yīnmóu
to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot
随意suíyì
as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious
露出lùchū
to expose; to show; also pr. lòuchū
同年tóngnián
in the same year; to be the same age
图像túxiàng
image; picture; graphic
坚强jiānqiáng
staunch; strong
意志yìzhì
will; willpower; determination
抛弃pāoqì
to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)
死刑sǐxíng
death penalty; capital punishment
首相shǒuxiàng
prime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
惊讶jīngyà
amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe
微wēi
tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. wéi
价jià
price; value; (chemistry) valence
塞sāi
to plug; to stop up; to stuff in; (bound form) a stopper; a cork
拟nǐ
doubtful; suspicious; to emulate; to imitate; to plan to; to draft (a plan); to assess; to compare; pseudo-
低于dīyú
to be lower than
堂táng
(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture