{"id":5471,"date":"2015-06-11T10:12:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T10:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=5471"},"modified":"2024-11-05T08:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:14:33","slug":"top-10-most-common-chinese-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/top-10-most-common-chinese-characters.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Most Common Chinese Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are around eighty thousand Chinese characters, which can seem daunting to new learners. However, like many words in English, the majority of these characters are not used in day-to-day vocabulary. By recognizing even one thousand characters, you can read and comprehend up to 80% of Chinese writing. If you&#8217;re wondering how to get started, check out<a href=index-22.html> this comprehensive Chinese characters guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To help you along your journey, we\u2019ve compiled a list of the top 10 most common Chinese characters and how to use them. <\/p>\n\n\n<div role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Table of Contents\" class=\"simpletoc custom_toc wp-block-simpletoc-toc\"><ul class=\"simpletoc-list\">\n<li><a href=index.html#1-%25e7%259a%2584-de\">1. \u7684 (de)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#2-%25e4%25b8%2580-yi\">2. \u4e00 (y\u012b)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#3-%25e4%25ba%2586-le\">3. \u4e86 (le)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#4-%25e6%2598%25af-shi\">4. \u662f (sh\u00ec)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#5-%25e6%2588%2591-wo\">5. \u6211 (w\u01d2)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#6-%25e4%25b8%258d-bu\">6. \u4e0d (b\u00f9)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#7-%25e5%259c%25a8-zai\">7. \u5728 (z\u00e0i)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#8-%25e4%25ba%25ba-ren\">8. \u4eba (r\u00e9n)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#9-%25e4%25bb%25ac-men\">9. \u4eec (men)<\/a>\n\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=index.html#10-%25e6%259c%2589-you\">10. \u6709 (y\u01d2u)<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-%25e7%259a%2584-de\">1. \u7684 (de)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Known as one of the <a href=index-120.html>three \u201cde\u201d particles of Chinese<\/a>, \u201c\u7684\u201d indicates possession and attributes adjectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u5c0f\u660e\u7684\u72d7 (Xi\u01ceom\u00edng de g\u01d2u) Xiao Ming\u2019s dog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u7ea2\u8272\u7684\u82b1 (h\u00f3ng s\u00e8 de hu\u0101) Red Flowers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-%25e4%25b8%2580-yi\">2. \u4e00 (y\u012b)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u4e00\u201d means one. The reason why \u201c\u4e00\u201d is so common is because it can also mean the following: first, best, a little, once, only, etc. So many phrases require the \u4e00 character, which bumps it to second place on this list. It is also a component of many ChengYu or Chinese idioms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u5403\u4e86\u4e00\u4e2a\u82f9\u679c\u3002(W\u01d2 ch\u012b le y\u012b g\u00e8 p\u00ednggu\u01d2.)<br>I ate one apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u62ff\u4e86\u7b2c\u4e00\u540d\u3002 (W\u01d2 n\u00e1 le d\u00ecy\u012b m\u00edng.)<br>I got first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4f60\u662f\u6211\u7684\u552f\u4e00\u3002(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec w\u01d2 de w\u00e9iy\u012b.)<br>You are my one and only.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-%25e4%25ba%2586-le\">3. \u4e86 (le)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=index-116.html>\u201c\u4e86\u201d is loosely used to indicate tenses, specifically past tense or ongoing incidents<\/a>. It can also be used to intensify adjectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u5403\u665a\u996d\u4e86\u3002(W\u01d2 ch\u012b w\u01cenf\u00e0n le.)<br>I ate dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u6765\u5230\u7f8e\u56fd\u4e24\u5e74\u4e86\u3002(W\u01d2 l\u00e1i d\u00e0o M\u011bigu\u00f3 li\u01ceng ni\u00e1n le.)<br>I\u2019ve been in America for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4f60\u7684\u4e2d\u6587\u592a\u597d\u4e86\u3002(N\u01d0de Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n t\u00e0i h\u01ceo le.)<br>Your Chinese is too good!<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-%25e6%2598%25af-shi\">4. \u662f (sh\u00ec)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u662f\u201c is closest to the meaning of \u201cto be,\u201d in English. Because Chinese don\u2019t have conjugations, there are no other forms of this basic word. It is mostly used to link two nouns or pronounstogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u662f\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u3002(W\u01d2 sh\u00ec Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3r\u00e9n.)<br>I am [a] Chinese [person].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u8fd9\u662f\u4e00\u672c\u4e66\u3002(Zh\u00e8 sh\u00ec y\u012b b\u011bn sh\u016b.)<br>This is a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u5979\u7684\u978b\u662f\u7ea2\u8272\u7684\u3002(t\u0101de xi\u00e9 sh\u00ec h\u00f3ngs\u00e8 de.)<br>Her shoes are [the color] red.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5-%25e6%2588%2591-wo\">5. \u6211 (w\u01d2)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u6211\u201d means \u201cI,\u201d so it is not surprising that this is a very common word. It also appears in phrases such as \u201cus,\u201d and \u201cwe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u56de\u5bb6\u4e86\u3002(W\u01d2 hu\u00edji\u0101 le.)<br>I went home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u53bb\u7684\u3002(W\u01d2men y\u012bq\u01d0 q\u00f9 de.)<br>We went together.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"6-%25e4%25b8%258d-bu\">6. \u4e0d (b\u00f9)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=index-490.html>\u201c\u4e0d\u201d means \u201cno\u201d or \u201cnot,\u201d<\/a> and is used to negate other words. It is commonly used with \u201c\u662f\u201d as in, \u201c\u4e0d\u662f\u201d to mean \u201cisn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4ed6\u4e0d\u662f\u7f8e\u56fd\u4eba\u3002(t\u0101 b\u00fa sh\u00ec M\u011bigu\u00f3 r\u00e9n.)<br>He is not American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u4e0d\u60f3\u53bb\u3002(W\u01d2 b\u00f9 xi\u01ceng q\u00f9.)<br>I don\u2019t want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"7-%25e5%259c%25a8-zai\">7. \u5728 (z\u00e0i)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u5728\u201d is a preposition that can be confusing for many Chinese learners. It is mostly commonly used to indicate location, similar to how \u201cat\u201d is used in English. In Chinese, it also follows verbs to describe the place of an action. It can also be used on its own to describe an ongoing action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u5728\u673a\u573a\u3002(W\u01d2 z\u00e0i j\u012bch\u01ceng.)<br>I am at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4f60\u4f4f\u5728\u54ea\u91cc\uff1f(N\u01d0 zh\u00f9 z\u00e0i n\u01cel\u01d0?)<br>Where do you live?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u5728\u5b66\u4e60\u3002(W\u01d2 z\u00e0i xu\u00e9x\u00ed.)<br>I am studying.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"8-%25e4%25ba%25ba-ren\">8. \u4eba (r\u00e9n)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Another common Chinese character, \u201c\u4eba\u201d means \u201cpeople,\u201d \u201cperson,\u201d or \u201cman.\u201d You may have noticed in #4 that \u201c\u4eba\u201d is often used to describe people from a specific country. Instead of \u201cChinese\u201d as an adjective, we say \u201c\u4e2d\u56fd\u4eba\u201d or \u201cChinese people.\u201d It also appears in words such as \u201c\u592b\u4eba (wife),\u201d and \u201c\u7537\u4eba (men)\u201d and many other nouns that relate to people. Another word for the Chinese currency, \u201c\u5143 (yu\u00e1n)\u201d is \u201cThe People\u2019s Currency\u201d or \u201c\u4eba\u6c11\u5e01 (r\u00e9n m\u00edn b\u00ec).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4f60\u662f\u5916\u56fd\u4eba\u5417\uff1f(N\u01d0 sh\u00ec w\u00e0igu\u00f3 r\u00e9n ma?)<br>Are you a foreigner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4eba\u751f\u7684\u76ee\u7684\u662f\u4ec0\u4e48?(R\u00e9nsh\u0113ng de m\u00f9d\u00ec sh\u00ec sh\u00e9nme?)<br>What is the meaning of [human] life?<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"9-%25e4%25bb%25ac-men\">9. \u4eec (men)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>As you may have seen in number 5, \u201c\u4eec\u201d is used as a plural for human nouns, as well as human pronouns such as the <a href=index-491.html>three \u201ctas\u201d of Chinese<\/a>: \u4ed6\uff0c\u5979\uff0c \u5b83. However, you do not usually use \u201c\u4eec\u201d with numbers or precise measurements. They can be used with imprecise quantifiers such as \u201csome,\u201d or \u201ca lot\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u5973\u58eb\u4eec\uff0c\u5148\u751f\u4eec\uff0c\u5927\u5bb6\u665a\u4e0a\u597d! (N\u01dash\u00ec men\uff0cxi\u0101nsheng men\uff0cd\u00e0ji\u0101 w\u01censh\u00e0ng h\u01ceo!)<br>Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u548c\u670b\u53cb\u4eec\u4e00\u8d77\u5403\u4e86\u996d\u3002(W\u01d2 h\u00e9 p\u00e9ngy\u01d2u men y\u012bq\u01d0 ch\u012b le f\u00e0n.)<br>I ate with my friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4ed6\u4eec\u53bb\u54ea\u91cc\u4e86\uff1f\uff08t\u0101men q\u00f9 n\u01cel\u01d0 le?\uff09<br>Where did they go?<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"10-%25e6%259c%2589-you\">10. \u6709 (y\u01d2u)<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><a href=index-492.html>The main meaning of \u201c\u6709\u201d is \u201chave,\u201d<\/a> to indicate possession. \u201cNot have\u201d or \u201cdon\u2019t have\u201d is \u201c\u6ca1\u6709\u3002\u201d However, \u201c\u6709\u201d is also used to establish the existence of something, like \u201cthere is\u201d in English. Another common Chinese phrase that includes \u201c\u6709\u201d is \u201c\u6240\u6709,\u201d which means \u201call\u201d or \u201ceverything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u4f60\u6709\u95ee\u9898\u5417\uff1f(N\u01d0 y\u01d2u w\u00e8nt\u00ed ma?)<br>Do you have a question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u6211\u6ca1\u6709\u94b1\u3002(W\u01d2 m\u00e9iy\u01d2u qi\u00e1n.)<br>I don\u2019t have money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"custom_example_style\">\u8fd9\u91cc\u6709\u4e2a\u9519\u8bef\u3002(Zh\u00e8l\u01d0 y\u01d2u g\u00e8 cu\u00f2w\u00f9.)<br>There is a mistake here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related learning content<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=index-20.html>Chinese Character Course<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=index-21.html>A Comprehensive Guide for Chinese Beginners<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are around eighty thousand Chinese characters, which can seem daunting to new learners. 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