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Chinese 1-100 Chars
Chinese 100 Most Frequent Characters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 的 | de/di2/di4 (possessive particle)/of |
| 一 | yi1 one/1/single/a(n) |
| 是 | shi4 is/are/am/yes/to be |
| 不 | bu4/bu2 (negative prefix)/not/no |
| 了 | le/liao3/liao4 (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)/(completed action marker) |
| 在 | zai4 (located) at/in/exist |
| 人 | ren2 man/person/people |
| 有 | you3 to have/there is/there are/to exist/to be |
| 我 | wo3 I/me/myself |
| 他 | ta1 he/him |
| 这 | zhe4/zhei4 this/these |
| 个 | ge4 (a measure word)/individual |
| 们 | men (plural marker for pronouns and a few animate nouns) |
| 中 | zhong1/zhong4 within/among/in/middle/center/while (doing sth)/during/China/Chinese |
| 来 | lai2 to come |
| 上 | shang4 on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week |
| 大 | da4/dai4 big/huge/large/major/great/wide/deep/oldest/eldest |
| 为 | wei2/wei4 act as/take...to be/to be/to do/to serve as/to become |
| 和 | he2/he4/huo2/huo4 and/together with/with/peace/harmony/union |
| 国 | guo2 country/state/nation |
| 地 | de/di4 (subor. part. adverbial)/-ly |
| 到 | dao4 to (a place)/until (a time)/up to/to go/to arrive |
| 以 | yi3 to use/according to/so as to/in order to/by/with/because/Israel (abbrev.) |
| 说 | shui4/shuo1 persuade (politically) |
| 时 | shi2 o'clock/time/when/hour/season/period |
| 要 | yao1/yao4 demand/ask/request/coerce |
| 就 | jiu4 at once/then/right away/only/(emphasis)/to approach/to move towards/to undertake |
| 出 | chu1 to go out/to come out/to occur/to produce/to go beyond/to rise/to put forth/to occur/to happen/(a measure word for dramas |
| 会 | hui4/kuai4 can/be possible/be able to/to assemble/to meet/to gather/to see/union/group/association |
| 可 | ke3 can/may/able to/certain(ly)/to suit/(particle used for emphasis) |
| 也 | ye3 also/too |
| 你 | ni3 you |
| 对 | dui4 couple/pair/to be opposite/to oppose/to face/for/to/correct (answer)/to answer/to reply/to direct (towards sth)/right |
| 生 | sheng1 to be born/to give birth/life/to grow |
| 能 | neng2 can/may/capable/energy/able |
| 而 | er2 and/as well as/but (not)/yet (not)/(shows causal relation)/(shows change of state)/(shows contrast) |
| 子 | zi3/zi 11 p.m.-1 a.m./1st earthly branch/child/midnight/son/child/seed/egg/small thing |
| 那 | na3/na4/nei4 how/which |
| 得 | de2/de/dei3 obtain/get/gain/proper/suitable/proud/contented/allow/permit/ready/finished |
| 于 | yu2 (surname) |
| 着 | zhao1/zhao2/zhe/zhu4/zhuo2 catch/receive/suffer |
| 下 | xia4 under/second (of two parts)/next (week |
| 自 | zi4 from/self/oneself/since |
| 之 | zhi1 (literary equivalent of 的)/(subor. part.)/him/her/it |
| 年 | nian2 year |
| 过 | guo4 (experienced action marker)/to cross/to go over/to pass (time)/to celebrate (a holiday)/to live/to get along/(surname)/excessively/too- |
| 发 | fa1/fa4 to send out/to show (one's feeling)/to issue/to develop |
| 后 | hou4 empress/queen/surname |
| 作 | zuo4 to regard as/to take (somebody) for/to do/to make |
| 里 | li3 inside/internal/interior |
| 用 | yong4 to use |
| 道 | dao4 direction/way/method/road/path/principle/truth/reason/skill/method/Tao (of Taoism)/a measure word/to say/to speak/to talk |
| 行 | hang2/xing2/xing4 a row/profession/professional |
| 所 | suo3 actually/place |
| 然 | ran2 correct/right/so/thus/like this/-ly |
| 家 | jia1 furniture/tool |
| 种 | zhong3/zhong4 kind/type/race/breed/seed/species (taxonomy) |
| 事 | shi4 matter/thing/item/work/affair |
| 成 | cheng2/cheng4 finish/complete/accomplish/become/turn into/win/succeed/one tenth |
| 方 | fang1 square/quadrilateral/direction/just |
| 多 | duo1 many/much/a lot of/numerous/multi- |
| 经 | jing1 classics/sacred book/pass through/to undergo/scripture |
| 么 | ma/me/yao1 (interrog. part.) |
| 去 | qu4 to go/to leave/to remove |
| 法 | fa3 law/method/way/Buddhist teaching/Legalist/France (abbrev.) |
| 学 | xue2 learn/study/science/-ology |
| 如 | ru2 as (if)/such as |
| 都 | dou1/du1 all/both (if two things are involved)/entirely (due to)each/even/already |
| 同 | tong2 like/same/similar/together/alike/with |
| 现 | xian4 appear/present/now/existing/current |
| 当 | dang1/dang4 to be/to act as/manage/withstand/when/during/ought/should/match equally/equal/same/obstruct/just at (a time or place)/on the spot/right/just at |
| 没 | mei2/mo4 (negative prefix for verbs)/have not/not |
| 动 | dong4 to use/to act/to move/to change |
| 面 | mian4 fade/side/surface/aspect/top/face/flour/noodles |
| 起 | qi3 to rise/to raise/to get up |
| 看 | kan1/kan4 to look after/to take care of/to watch/to guard |
| 定 | ding4 to set/to fix/to determine/to decide/to order |
| 天 | tian1 day/sky/heaven |
| 分 | fen1/fen4 to divide/minute/(a measure word)/(a unit of length = 0.33 centimeter) |
| 还 | hai2/huan2/huan4 also/in addition/more/still/else/still/yet/(not) yet |
| 进 | jin4 advance/enter/to come in |
| 好 | hao3/hao4 good/well |
| 小 | xiao3 small/tiny/few/young |
| 部 | bu4 ministry/department/section/part/division/troops/board/(a measure word)/(a measure word for works of literature |
| 其 | qi2 his/her/its/theirs/that/such/it (refers to sth preceding it) |
| 些 | xie1 some/few/several/(a measure word) |
| 主 | zhu3 to own/to host/master/lord/primary |
| 样 | yang4 manner/pattern/way/appearance/shape |
| 理 | li3 reason/logic/science/inner principle or structure |
| 心 | xin1 heart/mind |
| 她 | ta1 she |
| 本 | ben3 roots or stems of plants/origin/source/this/the current/root/foundation/basis/(a measure word) |
| 前 | qian2 before/in front/ago/former/previous/earlier/front |
| 开 | kai1 open/operate (vehicle)/start |
| 但 | dan4 but/yet/however/only/merely/still |
| 因 | yin1 cause/reason/because |
| 只 | qi2/zhi1/zhi3 earth-spirit/peace |
| 从 | cong1/cong2/zong4 lax/yielding/unhurried |
| 想 | xiang3 to think/to believe/to suppose/to wish/to want/to miss |
| 实 | shi2 real/true/honest/really/solid |
| 日 | ri4 Japan/day/sun/date/day of the month |
| 军 | jun1 army/military/arms |
| 者 | zhe3 -ist |
| 意 | yi4 idea/meaning/wish/desire/(abbr.) Italy |
| 无 | wu2 -less/not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un- |
| 力 | li4 power/force/strength |
| 它 | ta1 it |
| 与 | yu2/yu3/yu4 (interrog. part.) |
| 长 | chang2/zhang3 length/long/forever/always/constantly |
| 把 | ba3/ba4 (a measure word)/(marker for direct-object)/to hold/to contain/to grasp/to take hold of |
| 机 | ji1 machine/opportunity/secret |
| 十 | shi2 ten/10 |
| 民 | min2 the people/nationality/citizen |
| 第 | di4 (prefix before a number |
| 公 | gong1 just/honorable (designation)/public/common |
| 此 | ci3 this/these |
| 已 | yi3 already/to stop/then/afterwards |
| 工 | gong1 work/worker/skill/profession/trade/craft/labor |
| 使 | shi3 to make/to cause/to enable/to use/to employ/messenger |
| 情 | qing2 feeling/emotion/passion/situation |
| 明 | ming2 clear/bright/to understand/next/the Ming dynasty |
| 性 | xing4 sex/nature/surname/suffix corresponding to -ness or -ity |
| 知 | zhi1 to know/to be aware |
| 全 | quan2 all/whole/entire/every/complete |
| 三 | san1 three/3 |
| 又 | you4 (once) again/also/both... and.../again |
| 关 | guan1 (surname)/mountain pass/to close/to shut/to turn off/to concern/to involve |
| 点 | dian3 (downwards-right convex character stroke)/o'clock/(a measure word)/point/dot/(decimal) point) |
| 正 | zheng1/zheng4 Chinese 1st month of year |
| 业 | ye4 business/occupation/study |
| 外 | wai4 outside/in addition/foreign/external |
| 将 | jiang1/jiang4 (will |
| 两 | liang3 both/two/ounce/some/a few/tael |
| 高 | gao1 high/tall |
| 间 | jian1/jian4 between/among/space/(measure word) |
| 由 | you2 follow/from/it is for...to/reason/cause/because of/due to/by/to/to leave it (to sb) |
| 问 | wen4 to ask |
| 很 | hen3 very/extremely |
| 最 | zui4 (the) most/-est |
| 重 | chong2/zhong4 to double/to repeat/repetition/iteration/again/a layer |
| 并 | bing4 and/furthermore/(not) at all/simultaneously/also/together with/to combine/to join/to merge |
| 物 | wu4 thing/object/matter |
| 手 | shou3 hand/convenient |
| 应 | ying1/ying4 ought |
| 战 | zhan4 to fight/fight/war/battle |
| 向 | xiang4 direction/part/side/towards/to/guide/opposite to |
| 头 | tou2/tou head |
| 文 | wen2 language/culture/writing/formal/literary |
| 体 | ti3 body/form/style/system |
| 政 | zheng4 political/politics/government |
| 美 | mei3 America/beautiful |
| 相 | xiang1/xiang4 each other/one another/mutually |
| 见 | jian4/xian4 to see/to meet/to appear (to be sth)/to interview |
| 被 | bei4 by (marker for passive-voice sentences or clauses)/quilt/blanket/to cover/to wear |
| 利 | li4 advantage/benefit/profit/sharp |
| 什 | shen2/shi2 what |
| 二 | er4 two/2 |
| 等 | deng3 class/rank/grade/equal to/same as/wait for/await/et cetera/and so on |
| 产 | chan3 to reproduce/to produce/give birth/products/produce/resources/estate/property |
| 或 | huo4 maybe/perhaps/might/possibly/or |
| 新 | xin1 meso- (chem.)/new/newly |
| 己 | ji3 6th heavenly stem/self |
| 制 | zhi4 system/to make/to manufacture/to control/to regulate |
| 身 | shen1 body/torso/person/life/status/pregnancy/(a measure word used for clothes) suit |
| 果 | guo3 fruit/result |
| 加 | jia1 to add/plus |
| 西 | xi1 west |
| 斯 | si1 (phonetic)/this |
| 月 | yue4 moon/month |
| 话 | hua4 dialect/language/spoken words/speech/talk/words/conversation/what someone said |
| 合 | ge3/he2 one-tenth of a peck |
| 回 | hui2 (a measure word for matters or actions) a time/to circle/to go back/to turn around/to answer/to return/to revolve/Islam |
| 特 | te2/te4 special/unusual/extraordinary |
| 代 | dai4 substitute/replace/generation/dynasty/geological era/era/age/period |
| 内 | nei4 inside/inner/internal/within/interior |
| 信 | xin4 letter/true/to believe/sign/evidence |
| 表 | biao3 surface/exterior/to watch/to show/express/an example/a list or table/a meter/a watch/chart/external |
| 化 | hua4 to make into/to change into/-ization/to ... -ize/to transform |
| 老 | lao3 (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family to indicate affection or familiarity)/old (of |
| 给 | gei3/ji3 to/for/for the benefit of/to give/to allow/to do sth (for sb)/(passive particle) |
| 世 | shi4 life/age/generation/era/world/lifetime |
| 位 | wei4 position/location/(measure word for persons)/place/seat |
| 次 | ci4 nth/number (of times)/order/sequence/next/second(ary)/(measure word) |
| 度 | du4 capacity/degree/standard |
| 门 | men2 opening/door/gate/doorway/gateway/valve/switch/way to do something/knack/family/house/(religious) sect/school (of thought)/class/categormy) |
| 任 | ren4 to assign/to appoint/office/responsibility |
| 常 | chang2 always/ever/often/frequently/common/general/constant |
| 先 | xian1 early/prior/former/in advance/first |
| 海 | hai3 ocean/sea |
| 通 | tong1 go through/know well/to connect/to communicate/open |
| 教 | jiao1/jiao4 teach |
| 儿 | er2/er son |
| 原 | yuan2 former/original/primary/raw/level/cause/source |
| 东 | dong1 east |
| 声 | sheng1 sound/voice/(a measure word |
| 提 | di1/ti2 carry (suspended) |
| 立 | li4 set up/to stand |
| 及 | ji2 to reach/and |
| 比 | bi3/bi4 (particle used for comparison and "-er than")/to compare/to contrast/to gesture (with hands)/ratio |
| 员 | yuan2 person/employee/member |
| 解 | jie3/jie4/xie4 to separate/to divide/to break up/to loosen/to explain/to untie/to emancipate |
| 水 | shui3 water/river |
| 名 | ming2 name/(measure word for persons)/place (e.g. among winners) |
| 真 | zhen1 real/true/genuine |
| 论 | lun2/lun4 the Analects (of Confucius) |
| 处 | chu3/chu4 to reside/to live/to dwell/to be in/to stay/get along with/to be in a position of/deal with |
| 走 | zou3 to walk/to go/to move |
| 义 | yi4 justice/righteousness/meaning |
| 各 | ge4 each/every |
| 入 | ru4 to enter |
| 几 | ji1/ji3 small table |
| 口 | kou3 mouth/(a measure word) |
| 认 | ren4 to recognize/to know/to admit |
| 条 | tiao2 measure word for long |
| 平 | ping2 flat/level/equal/to make the same score/to tie/to draw/calm/peaceful |
| 系 | xi4 be/connection/relation/tie up/bind |
| 气 | qi4 air/anger/gas |
| 题 | ti2 topic/subject/to inscribe/to superscribe |
| 活 | huo2 to live/alive/living/work/workmanship |
| 尔 | er3 thus/so/like that/you/thou |
| 更 | geng1/geng4 to change |
| 别 | bie2/bie4 leave/depart/separate/distinguish/classify/other/another/do not/must not/to pin |
| 打 | da2/da3 dozen |
| 女 | nu:3/nv3 female/woman |
| 变 | bian4 to change/to become different/to transform/to vary/rebellion |
| 四 | si4 four/4 |
| 神 | shen2 God/unusual/mysterious/soul/spirit/divine essence/lively/spiritual being |
| 总 | zong3 always/to assemble/gather/total/overall/head/chief/general/in every case |
| 何 | he2 carry/what/how/why/which |
| 电 | dian4 electric/electricity/electrical |
| 数 | shu3/shu4/shuo4 to count |
| 安 | an1 content/calm/still/quiet/to pacify/peace |
| 少 | shao3/shao4 few/little/lack |
| 报 | bao4 to announce/to inform/report/newspaper/recompense/revenge |
| 才 | cai2 ability/talent/endowment/gift/an expert/only (then)/only if/just |
| 结 | jie1/jie2 knot/sturdy/to bear (fruit)/bond/to tie/to bind |
| 反 | fan3 wrong side out or up/anti- |
| 受 | shou4 to bear/to stand/to endure/(passive marker)/to receive |
| 目 | mu4 eye/item/section/list/catalogue/table of contents/order (taxonomy)/goal/name/title |
| 太 | tai4 highest/greatest/too (much)/very/extremely |
| 量 | liang2/liang4 to measure |
| 再 | zai4 again/once more/re-/second/another |
| 感 | gan3 to feel/to move/to touch/to affect |
| 建 | jian4 to establish/to found/to set up/to build/to construct |
| 务 | wu4 affair/business/matter |
| 做 | zuo4 to do/to make/to produce |
| 接 | jie1 to extend/to connect/to receive/to join |
| 必 | bi4 certainly/must/will/necessarily |
| 场 | chang3 a courtyard/open space/place/field/a measure word/(a measure word |
| 件 | jian4 a measure word for thing |
| 计 | ji4 to calculate/to compute/to count/reckon/ruse/to plan |
| 管 | guan3 to take care (of)/to control/to manage/to be in charge of/to look after/to run/tube/pipe |
| 期 | qi1 a period of time/phase/stage/(used for issue of a periodical |
| 市 | shi4 market/city |
| 直 | zhi2 straight/vertical/frank/directly/straightly/upright |
| 德 | de2 Germany/virtue/goodness/morality/ethics/kindness/favor/character/kind |
| 资 | zi1 resources/capital/to provide/to supply/to support/money/expense |
| 命 | ming4 life/fate |
| 山 | shan1 mountain/hill |
| 金 | jin1 metal/money/gold |
| 指 | zhi3 finger/to point/to direct/to indicate |
| 克 | ke4 gram/subdue/to restrain/to overcome |
| 许 | xu3 to allow/to permit/to praise/(surname) |
| 统 | tong3 to gather/to unite/to unify/whole |
| 区 | ou1/qu1 Ou (surname) |
| 保 | bao3 to defend/to protect/to insure or guarantee/to maintain/hold or keep/to guard |
| 至 | zhi4 arrive/most/to/until |
| 队 | dui4 squadron/team/group |
| 形 | xing2 to appear/to look/form/shape |
| 社 | she4 society/group |
| 便 | bian4/pian2 ordinary/plain/convenient/handy/easy/then/so/thus/to relieve oneself |
| 空 | kong1/kong4 air/sky/empty/in vain |
| 决 | jue2 breach (a dyke)/to decide/to determine |
| 治 | zhi4 to rule/to govern/to manage/to control/to harness (a river)/cure/treatment/to heal |
| 展 | zhan3 to use/to spread out/to postpone/to unfold |
| 马 | ma3 horse/horse chess piece/Surname |
| 科 | ke1 branch of study/administrative section/division/field/branch/stage directions/family (taxonomy)/rules/laws/to mete out (punishment)/to levy (taxes |
| 司 | si1 company/control |
| 五 | wu3 five/5 |
| 基 | ji1 base/foundation/basic/radical (chem.) |
| 眼 | yan3 eye |
| 书 | shu1 book/letter |
| 非 | fei1 non-/not-/un- |
| 则 | ze2 (expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause)/standard/norm/rule/to imitate/to follow/then/principle |
| 听 | ting1/ting4 listen/hear/obey |
| 白 | bai2 white/snowy/empty/blank/bright/clear/plain/pure/gratuitous |
| 却 | que4 but/yet/however/while/to go back/to decline/to retreat/nevertheless |
| 界 | jie4 boundary/scope/extent/circles/group/kingdom (taxonomy) |
| 达 | da2 attain/pass through/achieve/reach/realize/clear/inform/notify/dignity |
| 光 | guang1 light/ray/bright |
| 放 | fang4 to release/to free/to let go/to put/to place/to let out |
| 强 | qiang2 strength/force/power/powerful/better |
| 即 | ji2 namely/right away/to approach/to draw near |
| 像 | xiang4 (look) like/similar (to)/appearance/to appear/to seem/image/portrait/resemble/seem |
| 难 | nan2/nan4 difficult (to...)/problem/difficulty/difficult/not good |
| 且 | qie3 further/moreover |
| 权 | quan2 authority/power/right |
| 思 | si1 to think/to consider |
| 王 | wang2 king/Wang (proper name) |
| 象 | xiang4 shape/form/appearance/elephant/image under a map (math.) |
| 完 | wan2 to finish/to be over/whole/complete/entire |
| 设 | she4 to set up/to arrange/to establish/to found/to display |
| 式 | shi4 type/form/pattern/style |
| 色 | se4/shai3 color/look/appearance |
| 路 | lu4 (surname)/road/path/way |
| 记 | ji4 to remember/to note/mark/sign/to record |
| 南 | nan2 south |
| 品 | pin3 conduct/grade/thing/product/good |
| 住 | zhu4 to live/to dwell/to reside/to stop |
| 告 | gao4 to tell/to inform/to say |
| 类 | lei4 kind/type/class/category/similar/like/to resemble |
| 求 | qiu2 to seek/to look for/to request/to demand/to beseech |
| 据 | ju1/ju4 sickness of hand |
| 程 | cheng2 rule/order/regulations/formula/journey/procedure/sequence/a surname |
| 北 | bei3 north |
| 边 | bian1 side/edge/margin/border/boundary |
| 死 | si3 to die/inpassable/uncrossable/inflexible/rigid |
| 张 | zhang1 (a measure word)/(a surname)/open up |
| 该 | gai1 that/the above-mentioned/most likely/to deserve/should/ought to/owe |
| 交 | jiao1 to deliver/to turn over/to make friends/to intersect (lines)/to pay (money) |
| 规 | gui1 compass/rule |
| 万 | wan4 Wan (surname)/ten thousand/a great number |
| 取 | qu3 to take/to get/to choose/to fetch |
| 拉 | la1 to pull/to play (string instruments)/to drag/to draw |
| 格 | ge2 frame/rule |
| 望 | wang4 hope/expect/to visit/to gaze (into the distance)/look towards/towards |
| 觉 | jiao4/jue2 a nap/a sleep |
| 术 | shu4/zhu2 method/technique |
| 领 | ling3 neck/collar/to lead/to receive |
| 共 | gong4 all together/in while/to share/common/general/together |
| 确 | que4 authenticated/solid/firm |
| 传 | chuan2/zhuan4 to pass on/to spread/to transmit/to infect/to transfer/to circulate/to pass on/to conduct (electricity) |
| 师 | shi1 a division (milit.)/teacher/master/expert/model |
| 观 | guan1/guan4 to look at/to watch/to observe/to behold |
| 清 | qing1 clear/distinct/complete/pure |
| 今 | jin1 today/modern/present/current/this/now |
| 切 | qie1/qie4 to cut/to slice |
| 院 | yuan4 courtyard/institution |
| 让 | rang4 to ask/to let/permit/have (someone do something)/to yield/to allow |
| 识 | shi2/zhi4 to know/knowledge |
| 候 | hou4 wait |
| 带 | dai4 band/belt/girdle/ribbon/area/zone/region/wear/carry/lead/bring/consists of/show/and |
| 导 | dao3 to transmit/to lead/to guide/to conduct/to direct |
| 争 | zheng1 struggle/fight |
| 运 | yun4 to move/to transport/to use/to apply/fortune/luck/fate |
| 笑 | xiao4 laugh/smile |
| 飞 | fei1 to fly |
| 风 | feng1 wind/news/style/custom/manner |
| 步 | bu4 a step/a pace/walk/march/stages in a process |
| 改 | gai3 to change/to alter/to transform/to correct |
| 收 | shou1 to receive/to accept/to collect/in care of (used on address line after name) |
| 根 | gen1 radical (chem.)/root/basis |
| 干 | gan1/gan4 dry/to concern/shield |
| 造 | zao4 to make/to build/to invent/to manufacture |
| 言 | yan2 to speak/to say/talk/word |
| 联 | lian2 to ally/to unite/to join |
| 持 | chi2 to grasp/to hold/support/manage/direct/maintain |
| 组 | zu3 to form/compose/make up/group/to organize/cord |
| 每 | mei3 each/every |
| 济 | ji4 aid/ferry/frugal |
| 车 | che1/ju1 car/a vehicle/machine/to shape with a lathe |
| 亲 | qin1/qing4 dear/intimate/parent/relation/closely related |
| 极 | ji2 extremely/pole (geography |
| 林 | lin2 woods/forest |
| 服 | fu2 clothes/dress/garment/submit/take (medicine) |
| 快 | kuai4 fast/quick/swift |
| 办 | ban4 to do/to manage/to handle/to go about/to run/to set up/to deal with |
| 议 | yi4 criticize/discuss |
| 往 | wang3/wang4 to go (in a direction)/past/previous/towards |
| 元 | yuan2 (dynasty)/dollar/primary/first |
| 英 | ying1 (surname)/English/brave |
| 士 | shi4 scholar/warrior/knight |
| 证 | zheng4 prove |
| 近 | jin4 near/close (to)/approximately |
| 失 | shi1 to lose/to miss/to fail |
| 转 | zhuan3/zhuan4 to convey/to forward (mail)/to transfer/to turn/to shift |
| 夫 | fu1 porter |
| 令 | ling4 make or cause to be/order/command/decree/honorable |
| 准 | zhun3 to allow/to grant/to permit/accurate/standard |
| 布 | bu4 diffuse/extend/notify |
| 始 | shi3 begin |
| 怎 | zen3 how |
| 呢 | ne/ni2 (question particle) |
| 存 | cun2 exist/deposit/store/keep/survive |
| 未 | wei4 1-3 p.m./8th earthly branch/not yet/did not/have not/not |
| 远 | yuan3 far/distant/remote |
| 叫 | jiao4 to (be) call(ed) |
| 台 | tai2 surname/(classical) you (in letters)/platform/Taiwan (abbr.) |
| 单 | chan2/dan1/shan4 chieftain |
| 影 | ying3 picture/image/reflection/shadow |
| 具 | ju4 tool/device/utensil/equipment/instrument |
| 罗 | luo1/luo2 fussy/talkative |
| 字 | zi4 letter/symbol/character/word |
| 爱 | ai4 to love/affection/to be fond of/to like |
| 击 | ji1 to hit/to strike/to break |
| 流 | liu2 to flow/to spread/to circulate/to move |
| 备 | bei4 to prepare/get ready/to provide or equip |
| 兵 | bing1 soldiers/a force/an army/weapons/arms/military/warlike |
| 连 | lian2 (surname)/even/as/join/to link/successively |
| 调 | diao4/tiao2 mode (music)/to move (troops)/tune/tone/melody/to transfer |
| 深 | shen1 deep/profound |
| 商 | shang1 commerce/consult |
| 算 | suan4 regard as/to figure/to calculate/to compute |
| 质 | zhi4 hostage/substance/nature/quality |
| 团 | tuan2 regiment/round/circular/group/society |
| 集 | ji2 to gather/to collect/collected works |
| 百 | bai3 hundred |
| 需 | xu1 to require/to need/to want/necessity/need |
| 价 | jia4/jie price/value/valence (on an atom) |
| 花 | hua1 flower/blossom/to spend (money |
| 党 | dang3 party |
| 华 | hua2/hua4 (abbreviation for) China/(surname) Hua/magnificent/splendid/flowery |
| 城 | cheng2 city walls/city/town |
| 石 | dan4/shi2 10 pecks |
| 级 | ji2 level/grade/rank/step |
| 整 | zheng3 exactly/in good order/whole/complete/entire/in order/orderly |
| 府 | fu3 prefecture/mansion |
| 离 | li2 to leave/to depart/to go away/from |
| 况 | kuang4 moreover/situation |
| 亚 | ya4 Asia/Asian/second/next to/inferior |
| 请 | qing3 to ask/to invite/please (do sth)/to treat (to a meal |
| 技 | ji4 skill |
| 际 | ji4 border/edge/boundary/between/among/interval/while |
| 约 | yao1/yue1 weigh |
| 示 | shi4 to show/reveal |
| 复 | fu4 again/recover/reply to a letter/to repeat/to duplicate |
| 病 | bing4 ailment/sickness/illness/disease/fall ill/sick/defect |
| 息 | xi1 news/interest/breath/rest |
| 究 | jiu1 after all/to investigate/to study carefully |
| 线 | xian4 thread/string/wire/line |
| 似 | si4 to seem/to appear/similar/like/to resemble |
| 官 | guan1 official/government |
| 火 | huo3 fire |
| 断 | duan4 absolutely/decidedly (in negative constructions)/break/to judge |
| 精 | jing1 energy/perfect/excellent/refined/very/proficient |
| 满 | man3 Manchurian/to fill/to fulfill/filled/packed |
| 支 | zhi1 (a measure word)/to support/to sustain/to erect/to raise/branch/division/to draw money |
| 视 | shi4 to look at/to regard/to inspect |
| 消 | xiao1 consume/news/subside/to disappear/to vanish |
| 越 | yue4 to exceed/to climb over/to surpass/the more ... the more |
| 器 | qi4 device/tool/utensil |
| 容 | rong2 to hold/to contain/to allow/appearance/look/countenance |
| 照 | zhao4 according to/in accordance with/to shine/to illuminate/to reflect/photograph |
| 须 | xu1 beard/necessary/must |
| 九 | jiu3 nine/9 |
| 增 | zeng1 to increase/to expand/to add |
| 研 | yan2 grind fine/study/research |
| 写 | xie3 to write |
| 称 | chen4/cheng1/cheng4 balanced/to fit/well-off/suitable |
| 企 | qi3 plan a project/stand on tiptoe |
| 八 | ba1 eight/8 |
| 功 | gong1 merit/achievement/result/service/accomplishment |
| 吗 | ma3/ma morphine |
| 包 | bao1 to cover/to wrap/to hold/to include/to take charge of/package/wrapper/container/bag/to hold or embrace/bundle/packet/to contract (to or for) |
| 片 | pian1/pian4 disc/sheet |
| 史 | shi3 history |
| 委 | wei1/wei3 crooked |
| 乎 | hu1 (interrog. part.) |
| 查 | cha2/zha1 to research/to check/to investigate/to examine/to refer to/to search |
| 轻 | qing1 light/easy/gentle/soft/reckless/unimportant/frivolous/small in number/unstressed/neutral/soft |
| 易 | yi4 (surname)/change/easy/simple |
| 早 | zao3 early/morning |
| 曾 | ceng2/zeng1 (refers to something that happened previously)/already/at some time in the past/before/once |
| 除 | chu2 remove/do away with/wipe out/divide/except |
| 农 | nong2 agriculture |
| 找 | zhao3 to try to find/to look for/to call on (sb)/to find/to seek/to return/to look for |
| 装 | zhuang1 adornment/adorn/costume/dress/clothing |
| 广 | guang3 wide/numerous/to spread |
| 显 | xian3 prominent/conspicuous |
| 吧 | ba1/ba (onomat.)/dumb |
| 阿 | a1/a4/a/e1 an initial particle/prefix to names of people |
| 李 | li3 (a surname)/plum |
| 标 | biao1 the topmost branches of a tree/surface/sign/to mark/(outward) sign/indication/prize/award/bid |
| 谈 | tan2 to speak/to talk/to converse/to chat/to discuss/(surname) |
| 吃 | chi1/ji2 eat/eradicate/destroy/receive |
| 图 | tu2 diagram/to plan/picture/drawing/chart |
| 念 | nian4 read aloud |
| 六 | liu4 six/6 |
| 引 | yin3 to lead/to divert (water)/to guide |
| 历 | li4 calendar |
| 首 | shou3 head/chief/first (occasion)/first (thing)/measure word for poems |
| 医 | yi1 medical/medicine/doctor/to cure/to treat |
| 局 | ju2 narrow |
| 突 | tu1 to dash/to move forward quickly |
| 专 | zhuan1 for a particular person |
| 费 | fei4 to cost/to spend/fee/wasteful/expenses/(surname) |
| 号 | hao2/hao4 roar/cry |
| 尽 | jin3/jin4 to the utmost |
| 另 | ling4 other/another/separate/separately |
| 周 | zhou1 (surname)/complete/encircle/circuit/lap/week/cycle/all/every/attentive/thoughtful |
| 较 | jiao4 clear/distinct/compare/comparatively |
| 注 | zhu4 to inject/to pour into/to concentrate/to pay attention/to note/to comment on/to record/to register/to annotate |
| 语 | yu3/yu4 dialect/language/speech |
| 仅 | jin3 barely/only/merely |
| 考 | kao3 to check/to verify/to test/to examine |
| 落 | la4/luo4 leave behind |
| 青 | qing1 green (blue |
| 随 | sui2 to follow/to comply with/to allow/(surname) |
| 选 | xuan3 to choose/to pick/to select/to elect |
| 列 | lie4 to arrange/to line up/row/file/series |