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Ranks 1,001–1,500 of the top 2000 chinese words list, in frequency order.

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Chinese words 1,001–1,500

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#WordPinyinPOSMeaning
1001早已zǎoyǐadvfor a long time, long ago; already
1002足球zúqiúnfootball
1003文艺wényìnliterature and art
1004基地jīdìnbase
1005实力shílìnstrength
1006下子xiàziclas[measure word for occurrences of an action or event]
1007休息xiūxivrest
1008房间fángjiānnroom
1009小孩xiǎoháinchild
1010各自gèziproneach
1011信任xìnrènvtrust
1012奇怪qíguàiadjstrange
1013将军jiāngjūnn(army) general
1014给予jǐyǔvgive, afford
1015保障bǎozhàngvsafeguard, guarantee
1016早就zǎojiùadvfor a long time, long ago, early
1017之下zhīxiàlocunder, below
1018大事dàshìna major event; the overall situation
1019系列xìlièclasseries
1020激烈jīlièadjintense, fierce
1021概念gàiniànnconcept
1022计算机jìsuànjīncomputer
1023背景bèijǐngnbackground
1024见面jiànmiànvmeet
1025指挥zhǐhuīvcommand, direct; (music) conduct
1026持续chíxùvlast, continue; sustain
1027多么duōmeadv[used in exclamations] how
1028武器wǔqìnweapon
1029做法zuòfǎnpractice, measure
1030阳光yángguāngnsunshine
1031哪个nǎgepronwhich
1032运用yùnyòngvuse, apply
1033马上mǎshàngadvat once, immediately
1034信心xìnxīnnconfidence
1035改善gǎishànvimprove
1036交给jiāogěivhand over to, give
1037居然jūránadv[expressing surprise] unexpectedly, actually
1038门口ménkǒuplacedoorway, gate
1039激动jīdòngadjexcited
1040聪明cōng mingadjclever, smart, witty
1041冠军guànjūnnchampion
1042把握bǎwòngrasp, confidence, certainty, probability
1043忽然hūránadvsuddenly
1044机场jīchǎngnairport
1045院长yuànzhǎngn[head of a hospital, school, faculty, college or university, etc.] director…
1046行政xíng zhèngnadministration
1047那边nàbianpronthere
1048谈话tánhuàvtalk
1049想象xiǎngxiàngvimagine
1050不得bùdévmust not
1051内心nèixīnnheart
1052辈子bèiziclas[typically occurring with —“one”] all one’s life, lifetime
1053照顾zhàogùvtake care of, look after
1054犯罪fànzuìvcommit a crime
1055饭店fàndiànnhotel, restaurant
1056电视台diànshìtáintelevision station
1057感动gǎndòngvmove
1058停止tíngzhǐvstop, put an end to
1059等于děngyúvequal
1060适合shìhévfit, suit
1061公开gōngkāiadjopen, public
1062大学生dàxuéshēngncollege or university student
1063总结zǒngjiévsummarise, sum up
1064强大qiáng dàadjstrong, powerful
1065外交wàijiāondiplomacy
1066电子diànzǐnelectronics
1067司机sījīndriver, chauffeur
1068情感qínggǎnnfeeling, emotion
1069手里shǒuliplacein hand, at hand
1070团结tuánjiévunite
1071进攻jìn gōngvattack, take the offensive
1072牺牲xīshēngvsacrifice
1073回忆huíyìvrecall, recollect, bring to mind
1074公共gōnggòngadjpublic
1075哥哥gēgenelder brother
1076医学yīxuénmedicine, medical science
1077协会xiéhuìnassociation, society
1078同事tóngshìncolleague
1079对待duìdàivtreat
1080基本上jīběnshàngadvbasically, in the main
1081空气kōngqìnair
1082女士nǚshìnlady
1083食品shípǐnnfoodstuff, food
1084海洋hǎiyángnocean
1085资格zīgénqualification
1086核心héxīnncore
1087手中shǒuzhōngplacein hand
1088配合pèihévcoordinate, cooperate
1089大型dàxíngadjlarge-scale
1090此外cǐwàiconjbesides, in addition
1091一部分yíbùfennuma part of
1092天气tiānqìnweather
1093教学jiàoxuénteaching
1094少年shàoniánnteenager, early youth
1095天下tiānxiànland under heaven, the world; the country
1096培训péixùnvtrain
1097严肃yánsùadjserious, solemn
1098完整wán zhěngadjcomplete, intact
1099只是zhǐshìadvmerely, only
1100千万qiānwànadv[usually occurring in negative imperatives] be sure to, must
1101居民jūmínnresident, inhabitant; citizen
1102此时cǐshípronat this moment
1103综合zōnghéadjcomprehensive, synthetic
1104势力shìlìnpower, force
1105对手duìshǒunopponent; competitor
1106金融jīnróngnfinance
1107出发chūfāvstart out
1108邀请yāoqǐngvinvite
1109仔细zǐxìadjcareful
1110一方面yìfāngmiànconjon the one hand, while
1111中午zhōngwǔtimenoon
1112放心fàngxīnvrest assured, feel relieved, set one’s mind at rest
1113制作zhìzuòvmake
1114从此cóngcǐadvsince then, after that
1115连续liánxùadvcontinuously, in succession
1116以外yǐwàilocbeyond, outside; other than
1117科学家kēxuéjiānscientist
1118而言éryánaux[as in 就 … 而言] as far as … is concerned
1119害怕hàipàvbe afraid, be scared
1120出生chūshēngvbe born
1121欣赏xīnshǎngvappreciate, enjoy
1122涉及shèjívinvolve, concern, cover
1123一面yímiànadv[as in 一面 … 一面 …, equivalent of 一边 … 一边 …] simultaneously, at the same time
1124好处hǎochùnbenefit, good
1125不久bùjiǔnsoon, before long, soon after
1126智慧zhìhuìnwisdom
1127忘记wàngjìvforget
1128构成gòuchéngvconstitute, comprise
1129作战zuòzhànvfight, conduct military operations
1130理想lǐxiǎngadjideal, desirable
1131先后xiānhòuadvone after another, successively
1132头发tóu fanhair
1133举办jǔbànvconduct, hold
1134为主wéizhǔvgive priority to, form the main part
1135接着jiēzheadvfollow, carry on
1136没什么méishénmeidiom[idiomatic expression] nothing serious, it’s nothing, ifs alright
1137运动员yùndòngyuánnathlete, sportsman
1138国民党guómíndǎngnKuomintang, nationalist party
1139进程jìnchéngnprocess
1140设施shèshīnfacility
1141贫困pínkùnadjpoor, impoverished
1142方针fāngzhēnnpolicy, directive
1143记忆jìyìnmemory
1144士兵shìbīngnsoldier
1145媒体méitǐnmedia
1146相同xiāngtóngadjidentical, same, common
1147一时yìshíadvfor the moment, temporarily, for a short while
1148就要jiùyàoadv(be) about to
1149好几hǎojǐnumseveral, quite a few, many a
1150答应dāyingvanswer, reply; agree, promise
1151治疗zhìliáovtreat
1152错误cuòwùadjwrong, mistaken
1153通知tōngzhīnnote, notice, announcement
1154数量shùliàngnquantity, amount
1155风格fēnggénstyle
1156维持wéichívmaintain, keep; continue, last; sustain
1157哲学zhéxuénphilosophy
1158风险fēngxiǎnnrisk
1159公园gōngyuánnpark
1160目光mùguāngnsight, vision; gaze
1161发言fāyánvmake a speech, make a statement, take the floor
1162公平gōngpíngadjfair
1163资本zīběnncapital; advantage
1164地震dìzhènnearthquake
1165展开zhǎnkāivunfold, launch, set off; spread
1166懂得dǒngdevunderstand
1167主持zhǔchívpreside over
1168之所以zhīsuǒyǐconj[as in 之所以 … 是因为] the reason that …
1169大部分dàbùfennuma large part of, the majority of
1170局面júmiànnsituation, aspect
1171舞台wǔtáinstage; arena
1172据说jùshuōvit is said that
1173避免bìmiǎnvavoid, avert
1174战斗zhàndòuvfight, combat
1175发动fādòngvstart, launch; mobilise
1176体会tǐhuìvknow (through learning or by experience)
1177合适héshìadjsuitable
1178整体zhěngtǐnwhole, entirety, overall
1179杂志zázhìnmagazine
1180人人rénrénproneveryone
1181剩下shèngxiàvremain, be left over
1182挑战tiǎozhànvchallenge
1183石头shítounrock, stone
1184成本chéngběnncost
1185主义zhǔyìndoctrine, -ism
1186当天dāng tiāntimethe same day
1187攻击gōngjīvattack
1188提到tídàovmention
1189轻松qīngsōngadjlight, relaxed
1190热烈rèlièadjwarm, cordial; lively, enthusiastic
1191姐姐jiě jienolder sister
1192付出fùchūvpay, give … as a price
1193厉害lìhàiadjintense, severe; harsh, stern; fierce, terrible
1194赶紧gǎnjǐnadvhurriedly
1195比例bǐlìnproportion, ratio
1196资产zīchǎnnasset
1197心灵xīnlíngninternal spirit, heart, soul, mind
1198彼此bǐcǐproneach other
1199批准pīzhǔnvapprove
1200离婚líhūnvdivorce
1201多数duōshùnummost, the majority
1202局长júzhǎngnchief of a bureau
1203主题zhǔtíntheme, keynote
1204叫做jiàozuòvbe called
1205创新chuàngxīnvinnovate, be creative
1206全体quántǐnall, whole
1207路线lùxiànnroute, line; itinerary
1208财产cáichǎnnwealth, property
1209思维sīwéin(way of) thinking, (line of) thought, mind
1210市民shìmínncity resident; citizen
1211客户kèhùnclient, customer
1212不用búyòngadvneed not
1213随时suíshíadvat any time
1214金牌jīnpáingold medal
1215角色juésènrole, part
1216选举xuǎnjǔvelect
1217提醒tíxǐngvremind
1218做好zuòhǎovdo well
1219竟然jìngránadvunexpectedly, actually
1220人民币rénmínbìnChinese currency, RMB
1221奶奶nǎinain(paternal) grandmother
1222夫妻fūqīnman and wife, couple
1223小组xiǎozǔngroup
1224仪式yíshìnceremony
1225睡觉shuìjiàovgo to bed, sleep
1226上班shàngbānvgo to work
1227消失xiāoshīvdisappear
1228工具gōngjùntool
1229机制jīzhìnmechanism
1230眼前yǎnqiánplacebefore one’s eyes; the present
1231随便suíbiànadjcasual, careless; informal
1232深入shēnrùadjthorough, deep, in depth
1233不必búbìadvneed not, no need
1234火车huǒchēntrain
1235费用fèiyòngnexpense, charge
1236教训jiàoxùnnlesson
1237员工yuángōngnstaff, personnel, employee
1238层次céngcìnlevel, layer, hierarchy
1239选手xuǎnshǒun(selected) contestant, player
1240本人běnrénpronI; oneself
1241地下dìxiàplaceunderground
1242限制xiànzhìvrestrict
1243意味着yìwèizhevmean, imply
1244立刻lìkèadvat once, immediately
1245不得不bùdébùadvhave to
1246真的zhēndeadvreally
1247老婆lǎopon[informal] wife
1248案件ànjiànncase
1249尽量jǐn liàngadvas far as possible, to the greatest extent
1250远远yuǎnyuǎnadvby far; far away
1251事实上shìshíshàngidiomin fact
1252图书馆túshūguǎnnlibrary
1253导演dǎoyǎnn(film) director
1254友好yǒuhǎoadjfriendly
1255妹妹mèimeinyounger sister
1256结论jiélùnnconclusion
1257上学shàngxuévgo to school
1258落后luòhòuadjbackward, outdated, behind the times
1259平均píngjūnadjaverage, mean
1260秩序zhìxùnorder
1261市场经济shìchǎngjīngjìnmarket economy
1262爆发bàofāvbreak out
1263众多zhòngduōnumnumerous, many
1264大人dàrénnadult, grown-up
1265游戏yóuxìngame
1266子女zǐnǚnchild, children
1267上升shàngshēngvrise, go up
1268转移zhuǎnyívtransfer, shift, move
1269突破tūpòvbreak through; surmount
1270的确díquèadvindeed, really
1271主人zhǔrénnmaster; host; owner
1272准确zhǔnquèadjaccurate, exact
1273遗憾yíhànadjsorry, pitiful, regretful
1274法院fǎyuànncourt of law
1275加以jiāyǐv[normally preceding a disyllabic verb to prepose the object before the verb]
1276依靠yīkàovdepend on, rely on
1277申请shēnqǐngvapply
1278写作xiězuònwriting
1279相比xiāngbǐvcompare
1280而已éryǐpart[sentence final particle, equivalent of 罢了] nothing more, that is all
1281委员wěi yuánncommittee member
1282人数rénshùnnumber of people
1283应用yìngyòngvuse, apply
1284商量shāngliangvconsult, discuss
1285伤害shānghàivharm, injure, offend
1286北方běifāngplacenorth
1287大多数dàduōshùnummost, the majority
1288程序chéngxùnprocedure; (computer) program
1289眼光yǎn guāngneye, sight; foresight
1290大门dàménngate, (main) entrance
1291毫无háowúvnot have at all
1292探索tànsuǒvexplore
1293发达fādáadjdeveloped, advanced; flourishing
1294颜色yán sèncolour
1295证据zhèngjùnevidence, proof
1296医疗yīliáonmedicine, medical treatment
1297总经理zǒngjīnglǐngeneral manager
1298代表团dàibiǎotuánndelegation
1299辩论biànlùnvdebate, argue
1300位于wèi yúvbe located, be situated
1301展示zhǎnshìvdemonstrate, reveal, open up before one’s eyes
1302热闹rènaoadjbusy, bustling with noise and excitement
1303新鲜xīnxiānadjfresh
1304老太太lāotàitainold lady
1305生态shēngtàinecology
1306运输yùnshūvtransport
1307独特dú tèadjunique
1308逐步zhúbùadvstep by step, gradually
1309星期xīngqīnweek
1310性质xìngzhìnnature, character
1311时刻shíkènmoment; timetable
1312区域qūyùnregion, area
1313负责人fùzérénnperson in charge, director
1314红色hóng sènred
1315当初dāngchūtimeat the beginning, in the first place
1316遭到zāodàovsuffer; encounter, meet with
1317精力jīnglìnenergy, vigour
1318编辑biānjíneditor; editing
1319服装fúzhuāngnclothing, garment, wear
1320之类zhīlèipronand so on, and the like
1321春天chūntiāntimespring
1322加工jiāgōngvprocess
1323完善wánshànvimprove, make perfect
1324推进tuījìnvboost, advance, push on
1325密切mì qièadjclose
1326腐败fǔbàincorruption
1327因而yīn érconjso, therefore, hence
1328研究所yán jiū suǒnresearch institute
1329公路gōnglùnroad, highway
1330趋势qūshìntrend, tendency
1331当代dāngdàitimethe present age
1332开会kāihuìvhave a meeting
1333有限yǒuxiànadjlimited
1334随后suíhòuadvsoon afterwards
1335自行车zìxíngchēnbicycle, bike
1336真理zhēnlǐntruth
1337表面biǎomiànnsurface, outside
1338负担fùdānnburden, load
1339知识分子zhīshifènzinintellectual
1340早晨zǎochéntimeearly morning
1341增强zēngqiángvenhance, strengthen
1342渐渐jiànjiànadvgradually
1343西部xībùlocwest, western part
1344情形qíngxíngncircumstance, situation
1345解放军jiěfàngjūnnliberation army (specifically referring to the Chinese army known…
1346武装wǔzhuāngnarms
1347军人jūnrénnserviceman, soldier
1348他人tārénpronother people
1349当前dāngqiántimecurrently, presently
1350刺激cìjīvstimulate, provoke
1351达成dáchéngvreach (an agreement)
1352可怕kěpàadjfrightful, terrible
1353食物shíwùnfood
1354舆论yúlùnnpublic opinion
1355今日jīnrìtimetoday
1356锻炼duànliànvexercise; temper
1357具备jùbèivhave, possess
1358等待děngdàivwait
1359前进qiánjìnvadvance, move forward
1360购买gòumǎivbuy, purchase
1361下降xiàjiàngvdecline, drop
1362认定rèndìngvmaintain, hold, affirm
1363用于yòngyúvuse in, use for
1364设立shèlìvestablish, set up
1365恐怖kǒngbùadjhorrible, terrifying
1366及其jíqíconjand (its, their)
1367快速kuàisùadvfast, at high speed, rapidly
1368太太tàitainMrs, madam, lady; wife
1369个体gètǐnindividual; unit
1370诗人shīrénnpoet, bard
1371男性nánxìngnmale
1372群体qúntǐngroup
1373所在suǒzàinplace, locus, whereabouts
1374少数民族shǎoshùmínzúnethnic minority
1375前提qiántínpremise
1376夫妇fūfùna (married) couple
1377早上zǎoshangtime(early) morning
1378夏天xiàtiāntimesummer
1379对不起duìbuqǐvsorry, excuse me; let somebody down
1380转变zhuǎnbiànvtransform, change
1381打破dǎpòvbreak
1382长大zhǎngdàvgrow up
1383极大jídàadvenormously; greatly
1384家乡jiāxiāngnhometown
1385空军kōngjūnnair force
1386掌声zhǎngshēngnapplause
1387上述shàngshùadjabove mentioned
1388患者huànzhěnpatient
1389以往yǐwǎngtimebefore, the past
1390纪念jìniànvhonour the memory of, commemorate
1391日常rìchángadjdaily
1392艰难jiānnánadjdifficult, hard
1393神秘shénmìadjmysterious
1394必然bìránadvnecessarily, inevitably
1395情景qíngjǐngnscene, sight, situation
1396规则guīzénrule
1397公民gōngmínncitizen
1398青少年qīngshàoniánnadolescent, teenager
1399污染wūrǎnvpollute
1400降低jiàngdīvlower, reduce
1401占领zhànlǐngvoccupy
1402陷入xiànrùvfall into; be deep in
1403出国chūguóvgo abroad
1404便宜piányiadjcheap, inexpensive
1405弟弟dìdinyounger brother
1406科研kēyánn(scientific) research
1407森林sēnlínnforest
1408大街dàjiēnavenue, street
1409人群rénqúnncrowd (of people)
1410财政cáizhèngnfinance
1411明年míngniántimenext year
1412沉重chénzhòngadjheavy; serious
1413商店shāngdiànnshop, store
1414爷爷yéyen(paternal) grandpa
1415脑子nǎozinbrain, mind
1416脑袋nǎodàinhead
1417生物shēngwùnliving thing; biology
1418色彩sècǎincolour
1419自治区zìzhìqūnautonomous region
1420场面chǎngmiànnscene, spectacle
1421大师dàshīngreat master
1422有力yǒulìadjpowerful
1423即将jíjiāngadv(be) about to, soon
1424无数wúshùnumcountless, innumerable
1425例子lìzinexample, case
1426规划guīhuànscheme, plan
1427律师lǜshīnlawyer
1428恋爱liàn àivlove, be in love
1429流行liúxíngvbe in fashion, prevail; spread
1430退休tuìxiūvretire
1431清醒qīngxǐngadjsober, clear-headed
1432大大dàdaadvgreatly
1433相对xiāngduìadvrelatively
1434少数shǎoshùnuma small number of; minority
1435眼泪yǎnlèintear
1436团长tuánzhǎngnhead of a delegation or troupe; regimental commander
1437男孩nánháinboy
1438沟通gōutōngvcommunicate
1439温暖wēnnuǎnadjwarm
1440出色chūsèadjremarkable, brilliant
1441生日shēngrìnbirthday
1442主意zhǔyìnidea
1443商场shāngchǎngnshopping mall
1444愿望yuànwàngnwish
1445毒品dúpǐnndrug
1446出版社chūbǎnshènpress, publisher, publishing company
1447人格réngénpersonality, character; integrity
1448品牌pǐnpáinbrand
1449心态xīntàinstate of mind, mindset
1450周年zhōuniánclasfull year, anniversary
1451冬天dōngtiāntimewinter
1452春节chūnjiétimeSpring Festival (Chinese New Year)
1453白天báitiāntimeday, daytime
1454传播chuánbōvdisseminate, spread
1455说道shuōdàovsay
1456赶到gǎndàovrush to, arrive (in a hurry)
1457愉快yúkuàiadjcheerful, joyful, happy
1458详细xiángxìadjdetailed
1459尽快jǐn kuàiadvas soon as possible
1460前途qiántúnfuture, prospect
1461贷款dàikuǎnnloan
1462海外hǎiwàiplaceoverseas
1463继承jìchéngvinherit
1464操作cāozuòvoperate
1465落实luòshívimplement, fulfil
1466也好yěhǎopartmay as well
1467合法héfǎadjlawful, legal
1468有时候yǒushíhouadvsometimes
1469作业zuòyènassignment, homework
1470年级niánjíngrade, year
1471特征tèzhēngncharacteristic
1472青春qīngchūnnyouth, youthfulness
1473大哥dàgēneldest brother; [also used as a polite address for a man of about one’s own age]
1474职务zhíwùnpost, position
1475计算jìsuànvcalculate, compute
1476吸收xīshōuvabsorb, draw; enroll, recruit
1477防止fángzhǐvprevent
1478会见huìjiànvmeet with (somebody who is paying a visit for official business)
1479汇报huìbàovreport
1480加快jiākuàivquicken, expedite, speed up
1481意外yìwàiadjunexpected
1482可惜kěxīadjpitiful
1483只不过zhǐbúguòadvmerely
1484无疑wúyíadvundoubtedly
1485勇气yǒngqìncourage
1486地面dìmiànnground
1487街道jiēdàonstreet
1488魅力mèilìncharm
1489股票gǔpiàonshare, stock
1490消费者xiāofèizhěnconsumer
1491打算dǎsuànvplan, intend
1492批判pīpànvcriticise
1493摆脱bǎituōvget rid of, break away from
1494足够zúgòuadjenough, sufficient
1495干净gānjìngadjclean
1496可见kějiànconjit can be seen
1497高中gāozhōngnhigh school
1498来源láiyuánnsource
1499头脑tóunǎonbrain, head
1500软件ruǎnjiànnsoftware
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