Most common words
| # | Word | Count | HSK | POS | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | HSK 1 | n. | yī | one | |
| 2 | 22 | HSK 1 | v. | zuò | to make; to produce | |
| 3 | 16 | HSK 1 | n. | jiā | 🏠 home; family; measure word for businesses; specialist suffix | |
| 4 | 16 | HSK 1 | n. | qián | 💰 coin | |
| 5 | 11 | HSK 1 | n. | xiǎo | small | |
| 6 | 10 | HSK 1 | n. | xià | down | |
| 7 | 9 | HSK 1 | v. | gōng zuò | to work | |
| 8 | 8 | HSK 1 | n. | dà / dài | big; large; great | |
| 9 | 8 | HSK 1 | v. | qǐng | to ask | |
| 10 | 8 | HSK 1 | v. | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of | |
| 11 | 7 | HSK 1 | v. | chuān | to wear | |
| 12 | 6 | HSK 1 | v. | diǎn | to touch briefly; to tap | |
| 13 | 6 | HSK 1 | n. | dōng xī / dōng xi | east and west | |
| 14 | 5 | HSK 1 | n. | dà jiā | everyone | |
| 15 | 4 | HSK 1 | — | bù yào | don't!; must not | |
| 16 | 4 | HSK 1 | v. | chī | 🍚 to eat; to consume | |
| 17 | 4 | HSK 1 | v. | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) | |
| 18 | 4 | HSK 1 | adv. | méi | not; without; haven't; there isn't | |
| 19 | 4 | HSK 1 | n. | qián | front | |
| 20 | 3 | HSK 1 | — | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4 liu4] "sixth") | |
| 21 | 3 | HSK 1 | n. | hái zi | 🧒 child | |
| 22 | 3 | HSK 1 | n. | jiàn | item | |
| 23 | 3 | HSK 1 | n. | nián | year | |
| 24 | 3 | HSK 1 | n. | shì | matter | |
| 25 | 3 | HSK 1 | n. | tài | highest | |
| 26 | 3 | HSK 1 | v. | yǐn / tīng | to listen to; to hear | |
| 27 | 3 | HSK 1 | v. | xǐ huan | ❤️ to like; to be fond of | |
| 28 | 3 | HSK 1 | n. | xīn | new | |
| 29 | 3 | HSK 1 | v. | zhǎo | to try to find | |
| 30 | 3 | HSK 1 | adv. | zhī / zhǐ | only; merely; just; measure word for animals | |
| 31 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | dà xué | university | |
| 32 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | diàn shì | 📺 television; TV | |
| 33 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | dòu / dú | 📖 comma | |
| 34 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | gāo xìng | 😊 happy | |
| 35 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | hòu | empress | |
| 36 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | jīn tiān | today | |
| 37 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | kǒu | 👄 mouth | |
| 38 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | máng | busy | |
| 39 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 40 | 2 | HSK 1 | n. | shéi | who | |
| 41 | 2 | HSK 1 | v. | tóng xué | to study at the same school | |
| 42 | 2 | HSK 1 | adj. | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...) | |
| 43 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | běn | root; origin; this; current; book | |
| 44 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | biàn yí / pián yi | convenient | |
| 45 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | bìng | 🏥 illness | |
| 46 | 1 | HSK 1 | v. | dú shū | 📖 to read a book | |
| 47 | 1 | HSK 1 | v. | hē / hè | to drink | |
| 48 | 1 | HSK 1 | v. | jiàn / xiàn | to see | |
| 49 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | mā ma | 👩 mama | |
| 50 | 1 | HSK 1 | pron. | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) | |
| 51 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | nǚ | 👩 female | |
| 52 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | péng you | friend | |
| 53 | 1 | HSK 1 | v. | shēng bìng | 🏥 to fall ill | |
| 54 | 1 | HSK 1 | adj. | shí jiān | (concept of) time | |
| 55 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | shū | 📖 book | |
| 56 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | wèn tí | question | |
| 57 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | xiān sheng | teacher | |
| 58 | 1 | HSK 1 | mw. | xiē | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 59 | 1 | HSK 1 | v. | xiě / xiè | to write | |
| 60 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | yī fu | 👕 clothes | |
| 61 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | yǔ / yù | 🌧️ rain | |
| 62 | 1 | HSK 1 | — | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) | |
| 63 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | zài jiàn | goodbye | |
| 64 | 1 | HSK 1 | — | zěn me yàng | how? | |
| 65 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | zhè biān | this side | |
| 66 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | Zhōng wén | Chinese language | |
| 67 | 1 | HSK 1 | n. | zì | letter | |
| 68 | 16 | HSK 2 | v. | chū | to go out; to come out | |
| 69 | 14 | HSK 2 | n. | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business | |
| 70 | 10 | HSK 2 | n. | cóng | from; through; via | |
| 71 | 10 | HSK 2 | n. | zuǒ bian | left | |
| 72 | 9 | HSK 2 | v. | ràng | to yield | |
| 73 | 8 | HSK 2 | part. | zhe | aspect particle; on; in contact with | |
| 74 | 7 | HSK 2 | v. | dé / dè / de / děi | to obtain | |
| 75 | 7 | HSK 2 | v. | kāi shǐ | to begin | |
| 76 | 7 | HSK 2 | n. | yì si | idea | |
| 77 | 6 | HSK 2 | v. | guò / guo | to cross | |
| 78 | 6 | HSK 2 | n. | tiáo | strip | |
| 79 | 6 | HSK 2 | n. | tóu / tou | 🙂 head | |
| 80 | 5 | HSK 2 | n. | kě néng | might (happen) | |
| 81 | 5 | HSK 2 | n. | yú | 🐟 fish | |
| 82 | 5 | HSK 2 | n. | zhè me | so much | |
| 83 | 4 | HSK 2 | v. | bāng | to help | |
| 84 | 4 | HSK 2 | n. | kù zi | 👖 pants | |
| 85 | 4 | HSK 2 | v. | tī | to kick | |
| 86 | 4 | HSK 2 | n. | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own | |
| 87 | 3 | HSK 2 | v. | bié / biè | to leave; to part (from) | |
| 88 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | dàn | but; yet; however; still | |
| 89 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | huā | 🌸 flower | |
| 90 | 3 | HSK 2 | v. | jìn | to go forward | |
| 91 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | kā fēi | ☕ coffee | |
| 92 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | shí | o'clock | |
| 93 | 3 | HSK 2 | v. | wán | to finish | |
| 94 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | wèi | position | |
| 95 | 3 | HSK 2 | adj. | yī qǐ | (in) the same place | |
| 96 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | yòu bian | right side | |
| 97 | 3 | HSK 2 | n. | zhēng / zhèng | first month of the lunar year | |
| 98 | 3 | HSK 2 | adj. | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est | |
| 99 | 2 | HSK 2 | v. | chū lái / chu lai | to come out | |
| 100 | 2 | HSK 2 | v. | dǎ kāi | to open |