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Ranks 501–1,000 of the top 2000 chinese words list, in frequency order.

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Chinese words 501–1,000

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#WordPinyinPOSMeaning
501观众guānzhòngnspectator, audience
502书记shūjìn(party) secretary
503关心guānxīnvcare for, be concerned about
504状态zhuàngtàinstate of affairs, condition
505解释jiě shìvexplain
506资源zīyuánnresource
507左右zuǒyòunum[following a quantifier] about, or so
508专业zhuānyènspeciality, specialised field of study, major
509刚刚gānggangadvjust now, a short while ago; barely, just
510工人gōngrénnworker
511回到huídàovcome back, go back, return to
512相当xiāngdāngadvvery, quite, considerably
513别的biédepronother, else
514收入shōurùnincome, revenue
515位置wèizhinposition, location
516根本gēnběnadv[usually in negative sentences] at all; radically, thoroughly
517不可bùkěvcannot
518确实quèshíadvtruly, really
519点儿diǎnrclas[measure word that often follows numeral 一] a little, a bit
520即使jíshǐconjeven if
521工业gōngyènindustry
522重视zhòngshìvtake something seriously, attach importance to
523追求zhuīqiúvseek, pursue; court, woo
524动物dòngwùnanimal
525指出zhǐchūvpoint out
526衣服yǐfunclothes, dress
527公里gōnglǐclaskilometre, km
528拥有yōngyǒuvhave, possess, own
529那儿nàrpronthere
530回去huíqùvreturn, go back
531军事jūnshinmilitary affairs
532应当yīngdāngvshould ought to
533明显míng xiǎnadjobvious, notable, dear
534语言yǔyánnlanguage
535丈夫zhàngfunhusband
536日子rìzindate; day, time; life
537留下liúxiàvleave behind, remain
538大量dàliàngnuma great deal of, plenty of
539未来wèiláitimethe future
540毕业bìyèvgraduate
541刚才gāngcáiadvjust now, a moment ago
542遇到yùdàovencounter, meet, come across, run into
543不错búcuòadjnot bad, pretty good; correct, right
544结婚jiéhūnvmarry
545充分chōngfènadjfull, abundant, ample, sufficient
546哪里nǎlipronwhere; wherever; [often used (in repetition) as a modest reply to a compliment]
547质量zhìliàngnquality
548那时nàshípronat that time
549明天míngtiāntimetomorrow
550欢迎huānyíngvwelcome
551交流jiāoliúvexchange, interchange
552形象xíngxiàngnimage
553办公室bàngōngshìnoffice
554增长zēngzhǎngvgrow, increase
555强调qiángdiàovemphasise, stress
556全面quánmiànadjall-around, overall
557迅速xùn sùadvrapidly
558加上jiāshàngvadd, include
559开放kāifàngvopen, open up; (flower) blossom
560关注guānzhùvfollow (an issue) closely with interest
561观念guânniànnidea, notion, view
562正式zhèngshìadjformal, official
563长期chángqīadjlong-term
564重大zhòngdàadjgreat, major, important, significant
565实在shízàiadvindeed, really
566女子nǚzǐnwoman
567照片zhàopiànnphoto
568本来běnláiadvoriginally
569发挥fāhuīvbring into play, give play to
570姑娘gūniángngirl
571看来kànláiconjit appears, it looks as if
572音乐yīnyuènmusic
573结合jiéhévcombine, integrate; be united in wedlock
574竞争jìngzhēngvcompete, rival
575进一步jìnyíbùadvfurther
576当地dāngdìplacelocal, in the locality
577伟大wěidàadjgreat
578特点tèdiǎnncharacteristic (feature)
579房子fángzinhouse
580超过chāoguòvsurpass, exceed
581每年měiniántimeevery year
582范围fànwéinrange, scope
583儿童értóngnchild, children
584上面shàngmianlocon top of, above, over; aforesaid
585回家huíjiāvgo home, come home
586学院xuéyuànncollege
587商业shāngyènbusiness, commerce
588材料cái liàonmaterial
589战略zhànlüènstrategy
590听说tīngshuōvhear of, be told
591恢复huīfùvresume, renew; recover, restore
592强烈qiánglièadjintense, strong
593反正fǎnzhèngadvanyway
594肯定kěndìngvbe certain; affirm
595特殊tèshūadjspecial
596中间zhōngjiānlocmiddle, between
597教师jiàoshīnteacher
598道理dàolǐnreason
599批评pīpíngvcriticise
600如今rújīntimenowadays, today
601实行shíxíngvimplement, carry out, bring into effect
602优秀yōuxiùadjexcellent
603因素yīnsùnelement, factor
604哪儿nǎrpronwhere
605失去shīqùvlose
606正确zhèngquèadjcorrect
607手段shǒuduànnmeans, method; measure, step; trick
608吃饭chīfànveat (a meal)
609期间qījiāntimeperiod of time, course
610无论wúlùnconjno matter (what, how)
611往往wǎngwǎngadvoften, frequently
612老板lǎobǎnnboss
613学者xuézhenscholar
614电脑diànnǎoncomputer
615见到jiàndàovsee
616丰富fēngfùadjrich, abundant, plentiful
617大概dàgàiadvroughly
618作者zuòzhěnauthor
619检查jiǎnchávcheck up, examine, inspect
620一边yíbiànadvat the same time, simultaneously
621合同hé tongncontract
622稳定wěndìngadjstable
623复杂fùzáadjcomplicated
624不再búzàiadvno longer
625外国wàiguónforeign country
626警察jǐngchánpolice
627资金zījīnnfund, capital
628会儿huìrclas[usually following the numeral 一] a moment, a while
629必要bìyàoadjnecessary
630训练xùnliànvtrain
631资料zīliàondata, material
632属于shǔyúvbelong to, be classified as
633分别fēnbiéadvrespectively, separately
634体育tǐyùnsport; physical education, PE
635建筑jiànzhùnarchitecture; building
636宣布xuānbùvannounce, declare
637值得zhídevdeserve, be worth
638始终shǐzhōngadvfrom beginning to end, all along, always
639参与cānyùvparticipate, take part in, be involved in
640价格jiàgénprice
641怎么样zěnmeyàngpronhow
642发出fāchūvsend out; give out
643只有zhǐyǒuconjonly if
644很快hěnkuàiadvquickly, soon
645小姐xiǎojienmiss; young lady; [more recent usage] waitress; prostitute
646似的sìdeauxseem, as if
647设计shèjìvdesign
648爱情àiqíngnlove
649事儿shìrnbusiness, matter, affair
650队伍duìwǔnranks, line, procession, parade; contingent
651领域lǐngyùndomain, area, field
652劳动láodòngvwork; do physical labour
653进步jìnbùvmake progress
654普通pǔtōngadjcommon, ordinary
655常常chángchángadvoften, frequently
656掌握zhǎngwòvgrasp, master
657实施shíshīvimplement, carry out
658周围zhōuwéilocaround, round
659妻子qīzinwife
660扩大kuòdàvenlarge, expand
661自然zìránadvnaturally
662压力yālìnpressure
663网络wǎngluònnetwork
664斗争dòuzhēngvstruggle, fight; strive for
665确定quèdìngvdetermine, fix
666听到tīngdàovhear
667销售xiāoshòuvsell
668速度sùdùnspeed
669报纸bàozhǐnnewspaper
670抓住zhuāzhùvgrab, grip; catch hold of; catch; seize (an opportunity)
671感受gǎnshòuvsense, feel
672夫人fūrénnlady; Mrs; wife
673这时zhèshípronat this time
674热情rèqíngadjenthusiastic, cordial, warm
675到底dàodǐadvto the end; at last, finally; after all; [used for emphasis]
676措施cuòshīnmeasure
677建议jiànyìnsuggestion, proposal
678做出zuòchūvmake, put out
679美丽měilìadjbeautiful
680调整tiáozhěngvadjust
681贡献gòngxiànncontribution
682漂亮piàoliangadjbeautiful, pretty, handsome; brilliant, remarkable
683情绪qíngxùnfeeling, emotion; mood, sentiment, morale; moodiness
684贸易màoyìntrade
685接触jiēchùvcontact, expose to
686担心dānxīnvworry
687之外zhīwàilocoutside; except
688幸福xìngfúadjhappy, blessed
689胜利shènglìvbe victorious
690女孩nǚháingirl
691反应fǎnyìngnreaction; response
692投入tóurùvthrow (oneself) into (work); put into (operation)
693习惯xíguànnhabit
694自我zìwǒprononeself, self
695心中xīnzhōngplacein one’s heart, in one’s mind
696促进cùjìnvpromote, advance
697业务yèwùnbusiness; professional work
698显得xiǎndevappear, seem, look
699记得jìdevremember
700痛苦tòngkǔadjpainful
701满意mǎnyìadjsatisfied, satisfactory
702深刻shēnkèadjprofound
703唯一wéiyīadj[equivalent of 惟一] only
704兄弟xiōngdìnbrother
705尊重zūnzhòngvrespect, value
706有点yǒudiǎnadvsomewhat, a bit
707机关jīguānnorgan, office
708对象duìxiàngntarget, object; boy or girl friend
709道路dàolùnroad
710共产党gòngchǎndǎngnCommunist Party
711本身běnshēnpron(in) itself, per se
712进去jìnqùvgo in
713慢慢mànmanadvslowly
714关键guānjiànnkey, crux
715体制tǐzhìninstitutional system, structure
716正在zhèngzàiadvbe under way, be in progress
717互相hùxiāngadveach other
718执行zhíxíngvimplement, carry out
719真实zhēn shíadjtrue, real, authentic
720有时yǒushíadvsometimes
721空间kōngjiānnspace, room
722状况zhuàngkuàngncondition, state of affairs
723只好zhǐhǎoadvhave to, have no alternative but to
724形势xíngshìnsituation
725效果xiàoguǒneffect, (positive) result
726印象yìnxiàngnimpression
727昨天zuótiāntimeyesterday
728危险wēixiǎnadjdangerous
729难以nányǐadvhard to, difficult to; hardly
730讲话jiǎnghuànspeech, talk
731创作chuàngzuòvcreate (especially literary works), write
732拒绝jùjuévrefuse, reject, decline
733体现tǐxiànvembody, show
734粮食liángshínfoodstuff, grain, cereals
735工资gōngzīnsalary, wage, pay
736读者dúzhěnreader
737死亡sǐwángvdie
738否则fǒuzéconjotherwise
739交通jiāotōngntraffic
740权力quánlìnpower, authority
741权利quánlìnright
742打开dǎkāivopen
743从来cóngláiadvalways, all along
744观点guāndiǎnnpoint of view, viewpoint, opinion
745前面qiánmiannfront; ahead
746明确míngquèadjclear-cut, explicit, unequivocal
747大会dàhuìncongress, assembly, meeting
748一旦yídànconjonce, in case
749看法kànfǎnopinion, view; unfavourable view
750文字wénzìncharacter, script, writing; style of writing; word
751下面xiàmiannthe following, below; next; lower level
752职工zhígōngnstaff, staff member, worker
753心情xīnqíngnfeeling, state of mind, mood
754道德dàodénmorals, morality, ethics
755男子nánzǐnman, male
756满足mǎnzúvsatisfy
757作出zuòchūvmake
758优势yōushìnadvantage, strength
759破坏pòhuàivwreck, destroy, damage
760吸引xīyǐnvattract
761再次zàicìadvonce again
762物质wùzhìnsubstance, matter; material
763重点zhòngdiǎnnemphasis, focus point
764命运mìngyùnnfate
765附近fùjìnlocnearby, (in the) vicinity
766铁路tiělùnrailway
767今后jīnhòutimefrom now on, hereafter, in future
768彻底chèdǐadjthorough
769设备shèbèinequipment
770宣传xuānchuánvpropagate, publicise, promote
771导致dǎozhìvcause, lead to, result in
772交往jiāowǎngvassociate with, consort with
773其它qítāpronother
774职业zhíyènoccupation, profession
775有效yǒuxiàoadjeffective, valid
776良好liánghǎoadjgood
777依然yīránadvstill
778年龄niánlíngnage
779动作dòng zuònmovement, motion, action
780实践shíjiànvpractise
781最终zuìzhōngadvfinally, eventually
782太阳tàiyàngnthe sun
783客人kèrennguest
784家长jiāzhǎngnparent; head of a family
785主动zhǔdòngadjon one’s own initiative, active
786表达biǎodávexpress, voice (one’s opinion)
787冲突chōngtūvconflict, clash with
788民主mínzhǔadjdemocratic
789中学zhōngxuénmiddle school, secondary school, high school
790那天nàtiānpronthat day
791旅游lǚyóuvtravel, take a tour, go sightseeing
792实际shíjìadjpractical, actual
793既然jìránconjsince, now that
794规模guīmónscale, size
795官员guānyuánnofficial
796享受xiǎngshòuvlead a life of pleasure; enjoy (rights, benefits, etc.)
797消费xiāofèivconsume
798究竟jiūjìngadv[used for emphasis] actually, exactly
799行业hángyèntrade, industry, profession
800一致yízhìadjidentical; unanimous; consistent
801后面hòumiannrear, back
802地球dìqiúnthe earth, the globe
803开展kāizhǎnvdevelop, launch (a campaign), carry out
804处于chǔyúvbe (in a certain state, position, or condition)
805感谢gǎnxièvthank, be grateful, express gratitude
806表明biǎomíngvmake known or clear; state clearly; show
807学术xuéshùnscholarly learning
808符合fúhévaccord with, be in keeping with
809打电话dǎdiànhuàvmake a telephone call
810内部nèibùlocinside, within
811生意shēngyìnbusiness, trade
812加入jiārùvjoin, become a member; add (in)
813部长bùzhǎngnminister; head of department
814想法xiǎngfǎnidea, opinion
815思考sīkǎovthink, ponder over, reflect on
816先进xiānjìnadjadvanced
817不但búdànconjnot only (… but also …), as well as
818减少jiǎnshǎovreduce, lessen, decrease
819评价píngjiàvevaluate, assess
820国有guóyǒuadjstate-owned
821合理hélǐadjreasonable, rational
822一半yíbànnumhalf
823距离jùlíndistance
824在于zàiyúvlie in, consist in, depend on
825理由lǐyóunreason
826统一tǒngyīvunify, unite; standardise
827功能gōngnéngnfunction
828成员chéngyuánnmember
829身边shēnbiānplaceat one’s side, within reach
830寻找xúnzhǎovlook for, seek
831美好měihǎoadjhappy, glorious, good, beautiful
832英雄yīngxióngnhero
833一生yìshēngnall one’s life
834身份shēnfènnidentity
835进来jìn láivcome in
836专门zhuānménadvspecifically, for a particular purpose, occasion, etc.
837全球quánqiúnthe whole world
838产业chǎnyènindustry
839上午shàngwǔtime(in the) morning
840普遍pǔbiànadjcommon, widespread
841小学xiǎoxuénprimary school
842失败shībàivfail, be defeated
843相互xiānghùadveach other, mutually
844校长xiàozhǎngnheadmaster; president, chancellor
845集体jítǐncollective
846访问fǎngwènvvisit, pay a visit (to)
847解放jiěfàngvliberate; emancipate
848生存shēngcúnvsubsist, live
849快乐kuàilèadjhappy
850允许yǔnxǔvpermit, allow
851制定zhìdìngvdraw up, make, set forth
852古代gǔdàitimeancient times
853演出yǎnchūvperform, put on a show
854组成zǔchéngvform, make up, constitute; consist of
855从而cóng érconjthus, so
856文件wénjiànndocument
857经历jīnglìnexperiences
858素质sùzhìninner quality, making
859放弃fàngqìvgive up, quit
860严格yángéadjstrict
861出口chūkǒunexit; export
862经理jīnglǐnmanager
863熟悉shúxīvbe familiar with
864绝对juéduìadvabsolutely
865性格xìnggéndisposition, nature, personality
866同样tóngyàngadvlikewise,similarly, by the same token
867恐怕kǒngpàadv(I’m) afraid (that)
868敌人dírénnenemy
869国外guówàiplaceabroad
870从事cóngshìvgo in for, be engaged in
871做到zuòdàovaccomplish, achieve, manage to do something
872亲自qīnziadvin person, personally, (do) oneself
873改造gǎizàovchange, transform, reform, reclaim; remodel, convert
874召开zhào kāivconvene (a conference or meeting), hold
875出版chūbǎnvpublish
876成熟chéngshúadjmature
877角度jiǎodùnangle, viewpoint
878指导zhǐdǎovguide, direct
879文明wénmíngncivilisation; manners
880大陆dàlùnmainland, continent
881估计gūjìvestimate
882制造zhìzàovmake, manufacture
883皇帝huángdìnemperor
884维护wéihùvdefend, safeguard; uphold, maintain
885适应shìyìngvsuit; adapt to
886联合liánhévjoin forces, unite, band together; combine
887显然xiǎnránadvclearly, obviously
888体系tǐxìnsystem
889读书dúshūvread, study; attend school
890病人bìngrénnsick person, patient
891监督jiāndūvsupervise, control
892显示xiǎnshìvshow
893至今zhìjīnadvuntil now, so far
894演员yǎnyuánnactor or actress
895观察guānchávobserve
896坚决jiānjuéadjfirm, resolute, determined
897毕竟bìjìngadvafter all
898旁边pángbiānlocside
899话题huàtíntopic, subject
900鼓励gǔlìvencourage
901方便fāngbiànadjconvenient
902高级gāojíadjhigh quality; high grade, advanced; senior, high level
903广告guǎnggàonadvertisement, advert
904婚姻hūnyīnnmarriage, matrimony
905说法shuōfanstatement, argument; wording, version
906自身zìshēnpronself, oneself
907争取zhēngqǔvstrive for, fight for
908收到shōudàovreceive
909卫生wèishēngnhygiene, sanitation, public health
910模式móshìnmode, pattern; way
911好好hǎohǎoadvall out, good
912损失sǔnshīnloss
913外面wàimiannoutside
914人士rénshìnperson, personage, public figure
915集中jízhōngvconcentrate, focus on
916面临miànlínvface, be faced with
917广泛guǎngfànadjextensive
918纷纷fēnfēnadvone after another
919难道nándàoadv[used to reinforce a rhetorical question]
920反而fǎn éradvinstead, on the contrary
921成果chéngguǒnresult, outcome, achievement
922采用cǎiyòngvuse, make use of, adopt
923现代化xiàndàihuànmodernisation
924成就chéngjiùnaccomplishment, achievement
925协议xiéyìnagreement
926当中dāngzhōngplacein the middle or centre; among
927谈判tánpànvnegotiate
928平衡pínghéngadjbalanced
929以下yǐxiàlocbelow, following, as follows
930方案fāng ànnscheme, plan
931气氛qìfēnnatmosphere
932年轻人niánqīngrénnyoung people
933接近jiējìnvbe close to, approach
934威胁wēixiévthreaten
935及时jíshíadjin time
936有所yǒusuǒadvsomewhat, slightly
937至于zhìyúprepas regards
938祖国zǔguónmotherland
939工厂gōngchǎngnfactory
940现场xiàn chǎngplacescene (of event or incident), site, spot
941统计tǒngjìnstatistics
942想起xiǎngqǐvremember, recollect
943博士bóshìndoctor, Ph.D.
944谢谢xièxievthank
945使得shǐdevcause, make; [dialect] be usable or workable
946打击dǎjīvstrike, attack; crack down; dampen
947麻烦máfánadjtroublesome
948差不多chàbuduōadjalmost the same; just about right; more or less
949数字shùzìnnumber, figure
950称为chēngwéivcall, refer to … as
951简直jiǎnzhíadvsimply
952战士zhànshìnsoldier, fighter
953保险bǎoxiǎnninsurance
954特色tèsèncharacteristic, unique feature
955东方dōngfāngplaceeast; the East
956怀疑huáiyívdoubt; suspect
957相关xiāngguānvbe interrelated
958顺利shùnlìadjsmooth, successful
959逐渐zhújiànadvgradually
960领导人lǐngdǎorénnleader
961算是suànshìvbe considered to be
962承担chéngdānvundertake, bear (cost, responsibility, etc.)
963广大guǎngdàadjvast, broad, extensive
964突出tūchūadjoutstanding, prominent
965宗教zōngjiàonreligion
966将来jiāngláitimefuture
967表演biǎo yǎnvperform
968考察kǎochávinspect
969规律guīlǜnlaw, rule; regularity
970分子fènzinmember of a class or group; numerator (in a fractional number); molecule
971上去shàngqùvgo up; [used as a resultative verb complement] up
972广播guǎngbōvbroadcast
973分配fēnpèivassign; distribute
974缺乏quēfávlack, be short of
975平等píngděngadjequal
976独立dúlìadjindependent
977到处dàochùadveverywhere, in all places
978东北dōngběilocnortheast
979担任dānrènvhold (a government office or post), act as
980命令mìnglìngnorder, command
981面积miànjīn(surface) area
982危机wēijīncrisis
983市长shìzhǎngnmayor
984手机shǒujīnmobile phone, cell phone
985推动tuīdòngvpromote, push forward
986天天tiāntiānadvevery day; day by day
987老百姓lǎobǎixìngnordinary people; civilians
988队员duìyuánnteam member
989民间mínjiānnamong the people, folk
990需求xūqiúndemand
991成长chéngzhǎngvgrow up
992大约dàyuēadvapproximately, about
993仅仅jǐnjǐnadvonly, merely
994上来shàngláivcome up
995不足bùzúadjinsufficient, inadequate
996立场lì chǎngnstand, position
997某些mǒuxiēpronsome, certain
998平时píngshítimein normal times
999考试kǎoshìnexamination, test, quiz
1000正好zhènghǎoadvjust (in time); as it happens, exactly
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