Most common Chinese words 2001–4000

handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); a (large) bell (CL:架 (jià)); clock (CL:座 (zuò)); amount of time; o'clock (CL:点 (diǎn),分 (fēn),秒 (miǎo)) (as in 三点钟 (sāndiǎnzhōng) "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分钟 (wǔfēnzhōng) "five minutes" etc)

菜cài

vegetable; greens (CL:棵 (kē)); dish (of food) (CL:样 (yàng),道 (dào),盘 (pán)); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor; (coll.) (one's) type

量liáng

to measure

量liàng

capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量词 (liàngcí), classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word

林Lín

Japanese surname Hayashi

活着huózhe

alive

考kǎo

to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an exam; to check; to verify; to examine; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father

上班shàngbān

to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office

伊yī

(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you"); (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she"); (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning; (preceding a noun) that; (bound form) Iraq (abbr. for 伊拉克 (Yīlākè)); (bound form) Iran (abbr. for 伊朗 (Yīlǎng))

Particle

内心nèixīn

heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter

两岸liǎng'àn

bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland

公正gōngzhèng

just; fair; equitable

刀dāo

knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把 (bǎ)); (slang) (loanword) dollar; classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs; (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces); (Internet slang) to knife (sb) (often used hyperbolically, as in 想刀他 (xiǎngdāotā) "I could kill him!")

刘liú

(classical) a type of battle-ax; to kill; to slaughter

千万qiānwàn

ten million; countless; many; one must by all means

却是quèshì

nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...

反抗fǎnkàng

to resist; to rebel

句jù

sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse

只不过zhǐbuguò

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ...

埃及Āijí

Egypt

报导bàodǎo

to report (in the media); (news) report

场所chǎngsuǒ

location; place

外交部Wàijiāobù

Ministry of Foreign Affairs; foreign office; Dept. of State

angel

sky

(guided) missile

engineer

almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad

引yǐn

to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; …

引导yǐndǎo

to guide; to lead (around); to conduct; to boot; introduction; primer

引用yǐnyòng

to quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint; (computing) reference

形xíng

to appear; to look; form; shape

抵达dǐdá

to arrive; to reach (a destination)

扩张kuòzhāng

expansion; dilation; to expand (e.g. one's power or influence); to broaden

最初zuìchū

first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally

服装fúzhuāng

dress; clothing; costume; clothes

荣誉róngyù

honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary

桥qiáo

bridge

检测jiǎncè

to test; to detect

法案fǎ'àn

bill; proposed law

波兰Bōlán

Poland

物理wùlǐ

physics; physical; relating to the material world

码mǎ

(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number; (computing) code; (clothing) size; yard (unit of length); (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references); (coll.) to pile up; to stack; classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一码事 (bùshìyīmǎshì) "not the same thing"); (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

种子zhǒngzi

seed

缅甸Miǎndiàn

Myanmar (or Burma)

义务yìwù

duty; obligation (CL:项 (xiàng)); volunteer (work etc)

聊天liáotiān

to chat; to gossip

蓝lán

blue; indigo plant

街头jiētóu

street