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Most common Chinese words 1–500

500 words, in teaching order

Words 401–500
正zhèng
straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); …
一下yīxià
(after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly
不断bùduàn
unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
以后yǐhòu
after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
位wèi
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
合作hézuò
to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
方面fāngmiàn
respect; aspect; field; side
有些yǒuxiē
some; somewhat; rather; a bit
未wèi
not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
次cì
next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; …
网wǎng
net; web; network; to net; to catch with a net
老lǎo
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; …
认识rènshi
to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition
集团jítuán
group; bloc; corporation; conglomerate
作zuò
to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works
故事gùshi
narrative; story; tale
之前zhīqián
before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
任务rènwu
mission; assignment; task; duty; role
原因yuányīn
cause; origin; root cause; reason
参与cānyù
to participate (in sth)
外wài
outside; in addition; foreign; external
专业zhuānyè
specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional
成立chénglì
to establish; to set up; to be tenable; to hold water
是否shìfǒu
whether (or not); if; is or isn't
科学kēxué
science; scientific knowledge; scientific; rational
经jīng
classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; …
规定guīdìng
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
应yīng
to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
了解liǎojiě
to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
副fù
secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions
感觉gǎnjué
feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
拥有yōngyǒu
to have; to possess; to own
能力nénglì
capability; ability
举行jǔxíng
to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
处理chǔlǐ
to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices
解决jiějué
to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
电话diànhuà
telephone; phone call; phone number
马mǎ
horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
多少duōshao
how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
发fā
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
传统chuántǒng
tradition; traditional
全球quánqiú
the whole world; worldwide; global
其实qíshí
actually; in fact; really
机会jīhuì
opportunity; chance; occasion
独立dúlì
independent; independence; to stand alone
美měi
beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
行为xíngwéi
action; conduct; behavior; activity
超过chāoguò
to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
路lù
road (CL:条 (tiáo)); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
连lián
to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也 (yě), 都 (dōu) etc) even; company (military)
韩国Hánguó
South Korea (Republic of Korea); (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 战国七雄 (ZhànguóQīxióng)
省shěng
to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government)
人类rénlèi
humanity; human race; mankind
分析fēnxī
to analyze; analysis
制zhì
system; to control; to regulate; to manufacture; to make
各种gèzhǒng
every kind of; all kinds of; various
它们tāmen
they; them
手机shǒujī
cell phone; mobile phone
投资tóuzī
investment; to invest
拿ná
to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把 (bǎ): to mark the following noun as a direct object)
期间qījiān
period of time; time; time period; period
产生chǎnshēng
to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
目标mùbiāo
target; goal; objective
真正zhēnzhèng
genuine; real; true; really; indeed
调查diàochá
investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll
告诉gàosu
to tell; to inform; to let know
并且bìngqiě
and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
Conjunction
仍réng
still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often
同tóng
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
严重yánzhòng
grave; serious; severe; critical
增加zēngjiā
to raise; to increase
帮助bāngzhù
assistance; aid; to help; to assist
行动xíngdòng
operation; action; to move about; mobile
军jūn
(bound form) army; military
造成zàochéng
to bring about; to create; to cause
哪na
(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊 (a) after a word ending in "n")
Particle
资源zīyuán
natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
先xiān
beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
相信xiāngxìn
to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
第一dìyī
first; most important; primary; foremost
作品zuòpǐn
work (of art); opus
受到shòudào
to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
基础jīchǔ
base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
家庭jiātíng
family; household
杀shā
to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
负责fùzé
to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
具有jùyǒu
to have; to possess
据jù
according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
男人nánrén
a man; a male; men
二èr
two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
住zhù
to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
学xué
to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology
实现shíxiàn
to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
怎样zěnyàng
how; what kind