Most common words · 400 words
The most common Chinese words, 101 to 500
With the top 100, 48% of the words on a Chinese web page, most common first.
- 101才cáijust
- 102吃chīto eat
- 103前qiánfront
- 104服务fúwùservice
- 105它tāit
- 106已经yǐjīngalready
- 107这个zhègethis
- 108元yuányuan (unit of Chinese money)
- 109时间shíjiāntime (a point in time or an amount of time)
- 110视频shìpínvideo
- 111因为yīnwèibecause
- 112家jiāhome
- 113快kuàifast
- 114您nínyou (polite)
- 115发展fāzhǎnto develop
- 116呢neasks "and…?" / "what about…?", or softens a question
- 117非常fēichángvery
- 118但是dànshìbut
- 119现在xiànzàinow
- 120只zhǐonly
- 121使用shǐyòngto use
- 122已yǐalready
- 123万wànten thousand
- 124点diǎnpoint
- 125向xiàngtoward
- 126由yóuby (marks who does something)
- 127跟gēnto follow
- 128时候shíhoutime
- 129该gāishould
- 130企业qǐyècompany
- 131大家dàjiāeveryone
- 132这样zhèyànglike this
- 133提供tígōngto provide
- 134比bǐthan (compares: A 比 B + adjective)
- 135名míngname
- 136所suǒbefore a verb: "what/that which is …"
- 137表示biǎoshìto express
- 138怎么zěnmehow
- 139天tiānsky
- 140通过tōngguòby means of
- 141几jǐhow many
- 142所以suǒyǐso
- 143不错bùcuònot bad
- 144走zǒuto go
- 145一些yīxiēsome
- 146生活shēnghuólife
- 147喜欢xǐhuanto like
- 148市场shìchǎngmarket
- 149主要zhǔyàomain
- 150内nèiinside
- 151们menplural suffix for people: -s
- 152次cìclassifier for times and occurrences
- 153打dǎto hit
- 154位wèiclassifier for people (polite)
- 155第dì(prefix) marks an ordinal number (as in 第一)
- 156开始kāishǐto begin
- 157游戏yóuxìgame
- 158这些zhèxiēthese
- 159其他qítāother
- 160世界shìjièworld
- 161像xiàngto look like
- 162以及yǐjíand
- 163产品chǎnpǐnproduct
- 164重要zhòngyàoimportant
- 165目前mùqiánat present
- 166情况qíngkuàngsituation
- 167这么zhèmelike this
- 168每měieach
- 169当dāngwhen
- 170本běnthis
- 171成chéngto become
- 172一起yīqǐtogether
- 173平台píngtáiplatform
- 174各gèeach
- 175一下yīxiàall of a sudden
- 176美měibeautiful
- 177一定yīdìngsurely
- 178酒店jiǔdiànhotel
- 179选择xuǎnzéto choose
- 180技术jìshùtechnology
- 181国家guójiācountry
- 182玩wánto play
- 183性xìngnature
- 184孩子háizichild
- 185者zhě(suffix) -er
- 186要求yāoqiúrequirement
- 187女nǚwoman
- 188如rúlike
- 189爱àito love
- 190分fēnto divide
- 191二èrtwo
- 192四sìfour
- 193管理guǎnlǐmanagement
- 194感觉gǎnjuéfeeling
- 195不要bùyàodon't
- 196不同bùtóngdifferent
- 197起qǐto rise
- 198却quèbut
- 199道dàoroad
- 200活动huódòngactivity
- 201版bǎnedition
- 202比较bǐjiàoto compare
- 203直接zhíjiēdirect
- 204种zhòngto plant
- 205手机shǒujīmobile phone
- 206发现fāxiànto discover
- 207真zhēnreally
- 208同时tóngshíat the same time
- 209那么nàmethen
- 210成为chéngwéito become
- 211在线zàixiànonline
- 212带dàito bring
- 213今天jīntiāntoday
- 214内容nèiróngcontent
- 215希望xīwàngto hope
- 216只是zhǐshìmerely
- 217相关xiāngguānrelated
- 218信息xìnxīinformation
- 219长chánglong
- 220一直yīzhíalways
- 221网wǎngnet
- 222价格jiàgéprice
- 223应该yīnggāishould
- 224至zhìto
- 225网站wǎngzhànwebsite
- 226车chēcar
- 227作为zuòwéias
- 228觉得juédeto think
- 229请qǐngplease
- 230叫jiàoto call
- 231方式fāngshìway
- 232项目xiàngmùitem
- 233事shìthing
- 234地方dìfangplace
- 235出现chūxiànto appear
- 236安全ānquánsafety
- 237号hàoday of the month
- 238完wánto finish
- 239所有suǒyǒuall
- 240出来chūláito come out
- 241一样yīyàngsame
- 242影响yǐngxiǎnginfluence
- 243对于duìyúregarding
- 244如何rúhéhow
- 245找zhǎoto look for
- 246全quánwhole
- 247不过bùguòbut
- 248条tiáoitem
- 249能够nénggòuto be able to
- 250经济jīngjìeconomy
- 251方面fāngmiànaspect
- 252系统xìtǒngsystem
- 253电影diànyǐngmovie
- 254支持zhīchíto support
- 255买mǎito buy
- 256起来qǐláito stand up
- 257其中qízhōngamong them
- 258而且érqiěand also
- 259水shuǐwater
- 260一般yībānordinary
- 261先xiānfirst
- 262无wúnot have
- 263部bùpart
- 264谁shéiwho
- 265送sòngto send
- 266之后zhīhòuafter
- 267住zhùto live
- 268能力nénglìability
- 269五wǔfive
- 270包括bāokuòto include
- 271站zhànstation
- 272老lǎoold
- 273开kāito open
- 274或者huòzhěor
- 275只有zhǐyǒuonly
- 276今年jīnniánthis year
- 277亿yìhundred million
- 278学习xuéxíto learn
- 279手shǒuhand
- 280朋友péngyoufriend
- 281图片túpiànpicture
- 282教育jiàoyùto educate
- 283政府zhèngfǔgovernment
- 284这里zhèlǐhere
- 285社会shèhuìsociety
- 286因yīnbecause
- 287听tīngto listen
- 288使shǐto use
- 289设计shèjìdesign
- 290认为rènwéito think
- 291学生xuéshēngstudent
- 292品牌pǐnpáibrand
- 293干gànto do
- 294文化wénhuàculture
- 295数据shùjùdata
- 296你们nǐmenyou (plural)
- 297专业zhuānyèprofessional
- 298自zìfrom
- 299钱qiánmoney
- 300最后zuìhòufinally
- 301岁suìyears old
- 302建设jiànshèto build
- 303为了wèilefor
- 304部分bùfenpart
- 305然后ránhòuthen
- 306城市chéngshìcity
- 307虽然suīránalthough
- 308下载xiàzàito download
- 309完成wánchéngto complete
- 310合作hézuòto cooperate
- 311用户yònghùuser
- 312此cǐthis
- 313了解liǎojiěto understand
- 314记者jìzhěreporter
- 315低dīlow
- 316免费miǎnfèifree (of charge)
- 317行业hángyèindustry
- 318图túpicture
- 319放fàngto put
- 320之前zhīqiánbefore
- 321少shǎofew
- 322任何rènhéany
- 323特别tèbiéspecial
- 324其实qíshíactually
- 325因此yīncǐtherefore
- 326东西dōngxithing
- 327同tóngsame
- 328集jíto gather
- 329根据gēnjùaccording to
- 330发生fāshēngto happen
- 331老师lǎoshīteacher
- 332超chāoultra-
- 333小说xiǎoshuōnovel
- 334正在zhèngzàiin the middle of (doing)
- 335称chēngto state
- 336地区dìqūregion
- 337则zéthen
- 338场chǎngplace
- 339片piànthin piece
- 340提高tígāoto raise
- 341方法fāngfǎmethod
- 342死sǐto die
- 343研究yánjiūto study
- 344环境huánjìngenvironment
- 345有点yǒudiǎna bit
- 346强qiángstrong
- 347首shǒufirst (as in 首次)
- 348款kuǎnsum of money
- 349外wàioutside
- 350拿náto take
- 351为什么wèishénmewhy
- 352行xíngOK
- 353路lùroad
- 354有些yǒuxiēsome
- 355计划jìhuàplan
- 356甚至shènzhìeven
- 357件jiànclassifier for clothes, matters and items (as in 一件衣服, 一件事)
- 358实现shíxiànto achieve
- 359功能gōngnéngfunction
- 360注意zhùyìto pay attention to
- 361获得huòdéto obtain
- 362越yuèto cross
- 363花huāflower
- 364需求xūqiúdemand
- 365过程guòchéngprocess
- 366发布fābùto release
- 367投资tóuzīto invest
- 368由于yóuyúbecause of
- 369的话dehuàmarks a condition: "if …"
- 370张zhāngclassifier for flat objects (paper, tables, beds, faces)
- 371正zhèngstraight
- 372继续jìxùto continue
- 373较jiàofairly
- 374具有jùyǒuto have
- 375政策zhèngcèpolicy
- 376啦la了 + 啊: softening, urging or lively emphasis — "now!", "come on", "already!"
- 377拍pāito take (a photo)
- 378提升tíshēngto raise
- 379房间fángjiānroom
- 380挺tǐngquite
- 381便biànthen
- 382人员rényuánstaff
- 383存在cúnzàito exist
- 384网络wǎngluònetwork
- 385约yuēto make an appointment
- 386中心zhōngxīncenter
- 387进入jìnrùto enter
- 388介绍jièshàointroduction
- 389全球quánqiúthe whole world
- 390区qūarea
- 391以上yǐshàngthe above
- 392容易róngyìeasy
- 393国际guójìinternational
- 394完全wánquáncompletely
- 395健康jiànkānghealth
- 396代表dàibiǎoto represent
- 397一点yīdiǎna little
- 398心xīnheart
- 399是否shìfǒuwhether (or not)
- 400穿chuānto wear
- 401关系guānxìrelation
- 402组织zǔzhīorganization
- 403生shēngto give birth to
- 404事情shìqingmatter
- 405问wènto ask
- 406发fāto send
- 407故事gùshistory
- 408个人gèrénindividual
- 409关注guānzhùto pay close attention to
- 410台táiplatform
- 411未wèinot yet
- 412结果jiéguǒas a result
- 413增加zēngjiāto increase
- 414生产shēngchǎnto produce
- 415若ruòif
- 416加jiāto add
- 417资源zīyuánresources
- 418学校xuéxiàoschool
- 419未来wèiláifuture
- 420必须bìxūmust
- 421不断bùduàncontinuously
- 422仍réngstill
- 423神shéngod
- 424系列xìlièseries
- 425原因yuányīncause
- 426成功chénggōngsuccess
- 427拉lāto empty one's bowels
- 428总zǒngalways
- 429化huà(suffix) -ize
- 430汽车qìchēcar
- 431直播zhíbōto broadcast live
- 432曾céngonce
- 433某mǒusome
- 434应yīngshould
- 435类lèikind
- 436男nánmale
- 437哪nǎhow
- 438黑hēiblack
- 439作品zuòpǐnwork (of art or literature)
- 440历史lìshǐhistory
- 441标准biāozhǔnstandard
- 442除了chúleexcept
- 443效果xiàoguǒeffect
- 444关于guānyúabout
- 445那些nàxiēthose
- 446式shìstyle
- 447机构jīgòuorganization
- 448建议jiànyìto suggest
- 449交易jiāoyìtransaction
- 450体验tǐyànto experience
- 451好吃hǎochītasty
- 452段duànclassifier for sections, passages and stretches of time or road
- 453近jìnrecent
- 454米mǐrice
- 455质量zhìliàngquality
- 456解决jiějuéto solve
- 457比赛bǐsàimatch
- 458设备shèbèiequipment
- 459难nándifficult
- 460呀ya(particle) variant of 啊 after a vowel sound
- 461多少duōshaohow many
- 462基本jīběnbasically
- 463笑xiàoto laugh
- 464别biédon’t (do something)
- 465入rùto enter
- 466子zǐson
- 467进jìnto enter
- 468非fēinot
- 469分析fēnxīanalysis
- 470期qīperiod
- 471市shìcity
- 472白báiwhite
- 473接受jiēshòuto accept
- 474创新chuàngxīninnovation
- 475受shòuto receive
- 476作用zuòyòngeffect
- 477见jiànto see
- 478六liùsix
- 479坐zuòto sit
- 480以后yǐhòulater
- 481只能zhǐnéngcan only
- 482只要zhǐyàoas long as
- 483帮助bāngzhùto help
- 484原yuánoriginal
- 485跑pǎoto run
- 486无法wúfǎunable to
- 487且qiěand
- 488那个nàgethat
- 489更加gèngjiāeven more
- 490各种gèzhǒngall kinds of
- 491客户kèhùclient
- 492准备zhǔnbèito prepare
- 493量liàngamount
- 494过去guòqù(in the) past
- 495女人nǚrénwoman
- 496写xiěto write
- 497领域lǐngyùfield
- 498处理chǔlǐto handle
- 499方便fāngbiànconvenient
- 500回huíto return
What is the most common Chinese word?
的 (de), which marks possession and description, like ’s or “of”: about one word in 18 on a Chinese web page. Then come 了 (le), 是 (shì, to be), 在 (zài, at) and 我 (wǒ, I).
How many Chinese words do you need to know?
The 100 most common words make up 31% of the words on a Chinese web page, the top 500 48% and the top 1,000 56%. The rest is spread over tens of thousands of words, which is why reading real Chinese is how the next thousands stick.
Where does this count come from?
Our own count of millions of pages of Chinese web text (FineWeb-2), read word by word by our parser, Simplified Chinese only. Each word links to its page with real sentences.
More of the list
Counted by our own parser over Chinese web text (FineWeb-2, ODC-By). Meanings from our own dictionary.