2800 Most Common Mandarin Chinese Words

The most common Mandarin words with a page on the site so far: 2,765 of the top 5,000 by frequency, ranks 1 to 4,996, growing as the course does.

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2765 words
# Freq Word
11的deof, possessive and modifier particle
22我wǒI, me
33你nǐyou (singular)
44了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state
55是shìto be (linking verb)
66在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
77他tāhe, him
88我们wǒ menwe, us
99不bùnot, no
1010吗maquestion particle (turns a statement into a yes/no question)
1111好hǎogood, well, OK
1212什么shén mewhat
1313有yǒuto have, there is/are
1414就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as
1515吧basuggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)
1616她tāshe, her
1717这zhèthis
1818知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)
1919说shuōto say, to speak
2020都dōuall, both, already
2121去qùto go
2222很hěnvery, quite
2323啊aah, oh (exclamatory particle)
2424要yàoto want; will; need to
2525也yěalso, too, as well
2626他们tā menthey, them (mixed or male group)
2727和héand; with
2828那nàthat
2929想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
3030人rénperson, people
3131会huìcan, to know how to; will; meeting
3233来láito come
3334把bǎto take, handle; disposal marker
3435对duìcorrect, right; toward; pair
3536没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)
3637做zuòto do, to make, to work as
3738不是bú shìis not, am not, are not
3839让ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)
3940给gěito give; for (beneficiary marker)
4041可以kě yǐcan, may (permission or possibility)
4142你们nǐ menyou (plural)
4243呢neand what about...? (question particle)
4344但dànbut, however
4445到dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement
4546还háistill, yet; also; even more
4647现在xiàn zàinow, at present
4748这个zhè gethis one, this (with general measure word)
4849能néngcan, to be able to (physical capacity)
4950怎么zěn mehow; why (in rhetorical questions)
5051就是jiù shìexactly is; just is; even if