Most common Chinese words 2001–4000

to subdue; to check; to bring under control; (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status; uniform (army, party, school etc); livery (for company employees)

同情tóngqíng

to sympathize with; sympathy

名叫míngjiào

called; named

向前xiàngqián

forward; onward

告知gàozhī

to inform; to notify

四大sìdà

the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鸣大放 (dàmíngdàfàng), 大辩论 (dàbiànlùn), 大字报 (dàzìbào) (PRC)

园yuán

land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc

埃āi

dust; dirt; angstrom; phonetic ai or e

场合chǎnghé

occasion; situation; context; setting; venue

失shī

to lose; to miss; to fail

寄jì

to entrust; to place in sb's care; (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily; (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter); to send by post; to mail

封建fēngjiàn

system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic

专利zhuānlì

patent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people; monopoly

小区xiǎoqū

housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell

干预gānyù

to meddle; to intervene; intervention

干什么gànshénme

what are you doing?; what's he up to?

忽略hūlüè

to neglect; to overlook; to ignore

截图jiétú

(computing) screenshot; to take a screenshot

所得suǒdé

what one acquires; one's gains

采cǎi

to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather; color; complexion; looks

击败jībài

to defeat; to beat

收藏shōucáng

to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection

整zhěng

(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly; (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat; (bound form) to put in order; to straighten; (bound form) to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb; (dialect) to tinker with; to do sth to

月底yuèdǐ

end of the month

服务器fúwùqì

server (computer)

东亚Dōngyà

East Asia

东南dōngnán

southeast

档dàng

(bound form) shelves (for files); pigeonholes; (bound form) files; crosspiece (of a table etc); (bound form) (of goods) grade; vendor's open-air stall; (Tw) timeslot for a show or program; classifier for shows; classifier for events, affairs etc; Taiwan pr. dǎng

永久yǒngjiǔ

everlasting; perpetual; lasting; forever; permanent

没关系méiguānxi

it doesn't matter

沿海yánhǎi

coastal

流传liúchuán

to spread; to circulate; to hand down

淘汰táotài

to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out

添加tiānjiā

to add; to increase

潜力qiánlì

potential; latent capacity

激发jīfā

to arouse; to stimulate; (physics) to excite

王子wángzǐ

prince; son of a king

瑞士Ruìshì

Switzerland

由此yóucǐ

hereby; from this

甲jiǎ

first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 (shítiāngān); (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲 (bǎojiǎ) system (old); …

当事人dāngshìrén

persons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)

疼téng

(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly

百年bǎinián

hundred years; century; (fig.) a whole lifetime; a person's whole life

皇后huánghòu

empress; imperial consort

相当于xiāngdāngyú

equivalent to

看出kànchū

to make out; to see