Most Common Chinese Characters 1-500

Front 1

affair; business; be engaged in; devote one's efforts to; must; be sure to

Back 1

务
wù

Front 2

reach; come up to; in time for; and.

Back 2

及
jí

Front 3

make; manufacture; work out; formulate; restrict; control; system.

Back 3

制
zhì

Front 4

separate; divide; untie; undo; allay; dispel; dismiss; explain; interpret;
solve; understand; comprehend; relieve oneself; <math.> solution.

Back 4

解
jiě

Front 5

to; until; <formal> extremely; most.

Back 5

至
zhì

Front 6

common; general; share; doing the same thing; together; altogether;
in; all; all told; the Communist Party.

Back 6

共
gòng

Front 7

hand over; give up; deliver; (of places and periods of time) meet;
join; reach (a certain hour or reason); cross; intersect; associate with;
friend; acquaintance; friendship; have sexual intercourse; mate; breed;
mutual; reciprocal; each other; together; simultaneous; business transaction;
deal; bargain; fall.

Back 7

交
jiāo

Front 8

discuss; talk about; discourse; view; opinion; statement; dissertation;
essay; theory; mention; regard; consider; decide on; determine; by; in
terms of.

Back 8

论
lùn

Front 9

a branch of academic or vocational study; a division or subdivision
of an administrative unit; section; <biology> family; pass a sentence;
stage directions in classical Chinese drama.

Back 9

科
kē

Front 10

meritorious service (or deed); merit; exploit; achievement; result;
skill; work.

Back 10

功
gōng

Front 11

finger; fingerbreadth; digit; point at; point to; indicate; point
out; refer to; depend on; count on.

Back 11

指
zhǐ

Front 12

wrong; evildoing; not conform to; run counter to; censure; blame;
not; no; <informal> have got to; simply must; (Fei1) short for Africa.

Back 12

非
fēi

Front 13

money; expenses; subsidize; support; provide; supply; endowment;
natural ability; qualifications; record of service.

Back 13

资
zī

Front 14

right; power; authority; advantageous position; <formal> counterpoise;
weight (of a steelyard); weigh; tentatively; for the time being; expediency;
(quan2) a surname

Back 14

权
quán

Front 15

go; in the direction of; toward; past; previous.

Back 15

往
wǎng

Front 16

open up; spread out; unfold; unfurl; put to good use; give free
play to; postpone; extend; prolong; exhibition; a surname.

Back 16

展
zhǎn

Front 17

ought to; should; be sb.'s turn to do sth.; deserve; most likely; probably; ought to; should; owe; this; that; the said; the above-mentioned.

Back 17

该
gāi

Front 18

decide; determine; definitely; certainly; under any circumstances; execute a person; (of a dyke, etc.) be breached; burst.

Back 18

决
jué

Front 19

protect; defend; keep; maintain; preserve; guarantee; ensure; stand guarantee; guarantor.

Back 19

保
bǎo

Front 20

motion; movement; carry; transport; use; wield; utilize; fortune; luck; fate.

Back 20

运
yùn

Front 21

military; connecting with the boxing skill, swordplay, etc.; valiant;fierce; a surname.

Back 21

武
wǔ

Front 22

certainly; surely; necessarily; must; have to.

Back 22

必
bì

Front 23

1. make an effort;strive.
2. stubborn; unyielding.
3. strong; powerful; by force; better; slightly more than; plus.

Back 23

强
1.qiǎng
2.jiàng
3.qiáng

Front 24

approach; reach; be near; at present; in immediate future; prompted
by the occasion; promptly; at once; immediately; in no time; even; even
if.

Back 24

即
jí

Front 25

1. capacity; quantity; amount; estimate; measure. 2. measure.

Back 25

量
1.【liàng】
2.【liáng】

Front 26

many; numerous; crowd; multitude.

Back 26

众
zhòng

Front 27

skill; ability; trick.

Back 27

技
jì

Front 28

light; small in number, degree, etc.; not important; gently; softly;
rashly; belittle; make light of.

Back 28

轻
qīng

Front 29

rule; regulation; order; procedure; journey; stage of a journey;
distance; (Cheng2) a surname.

Back 29

程
chéng

Front 30

tell; inform; notify; accuse; go to law against; bring an action
against; ask for; request; solicit; declare; announce.

Back 30

告
gào

Front 31

base; foundation; basic; key; primary; cardinal; <chem.> radical;
<chem.> base; <chem.> group.

Back 31

基
jī

Front 32

group; school; faction; clique; style; manner and air; send; dispatch;
assign; appoint.

Back 32

派
pài

Front 33

type; style; pattern; form; formula; <gram.> mood; mode.

Back 33

式
shì

Front 34

breath; news; cease; stop; rest; grow; interest; <formal> one's children.

Back 34

息
xī

Front 35

<formal> remember; commit to memory; mark; sign.
2. know; knowledge.

Back 35

识
1.【zhì】
2.【shí】

Front 36

the utmost point; extreme; pole; extremely; exceedingly; utmost.

Back 36

极
jí

Front 37

command; order; decree; make; cause; season; an ancient official
title; good; excellent; drinking game; song-poem; short lyric.
【lǐng】 ream.

Back 37

令
lìng

Front 38

receive; accept; put away; take in; collect; money received; receipts;
income; harvest; gather in; close; bring to an end; stop; restrain; control.

Back 38

收
shōu

Front 39

face; countenance; front.

Back 39

脸
liǎn

Front 40

political party; party; the Party (the Communist Party of China);
clique; faction; gang; <formal> be partial to; take sides with; <formal>
kinsfolk; relatives; (Dang) a surname.

Back 40

党
dǎng

Front 41

have not; did not; not; the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches.

Back 41

未
wèi

Front 42

hold; grasp; support; maintain; manage; run; oppose.

Back 42

持
chí

Front 43

set up; establish; found; work out; given; suppose; if; if; in case.

Back 43

设
shè

Front 44

take; get; fetch; aim at; seek; adopt; assume; choose.

Back 44

取
qǔ

Front 45

printing plate (block); edition; page (of a newspaper).

Back 45

版
bǎn

Front 46

grind; pestle; study.

Back 46

研
yán

Front 47

opinion; view; discuss; exchange views on; talk over.

Back 47

议
yì

Front 48

entrust; appoint; throw away; cast aside; shift; indirect; roundabout;
<formal> end; listless; dejected; <formal> actually, certainly.

Back 48

委
wěi

Front 49

border; boundary; edge; between; among; inter-; inside; occasion;
time.

Back 49

际
jì

Front 50

standard; norm; criterion; rule; regulation; <formal> imitate; follow.

Back 50

则
zé

Front 51

occupy; seize; rely on; depend on; according to; on the grounds of;
evidence; certificate.

Back 51

据
jù

Front 52

lead; guide; transmit; conduct; conduct electricity; instruct; teach;
give guidance to.

Back 52

导
dǎo

Front 53

similar; like; seem; appear.

Back 53

似
sì

Front 54

for a particular person, occasion, purpose, etc.; focussed on one
thing; special; expert; monopolize.

Back 54

专
zhuān

Front 55

like; seem; as if; <formal> <conj.> if; <formal> you.

Back 55

若
ruò

Front 56

will; aspiration; ideal; keep in mind; records; annals; mark; sign.

Back 56

志
zhì

Front 57

organize; form; group; <measure> set; series; battery.

Back 57

组
zǔ

Front 58

fall; drop; go down; set; lower; decline; come down; sink; lag behind;
fall behind; leave behind; stay behind; whereabouts; settlement; fall onto;
rest with; get; have; receive.【là】 leave out; be missing; leave behind; forget to bring; lag (or fall, drop) behind.

Back 58

落
luò

Front 59

cross a river; aid; relieve; help; be of help; benefit.

Back 59

济
jì

Front 60

gather; collect; assemble; country fair; market; collection; anthology;
volume; part.

Back 60

集
jí

Front 61

<adv.> just; for the time being; <dialect> <adv.> for a long time;
<formal> <conj.> even; <formal> <conj.> both...and....

Back 61

且
qiě

Front 62

squares formed by crossed lines; check; division (horizontal or otherwise)
; standard; pattern; style; case.

Back 62

格
gé

Front 63

sword; sabre.

Back 63

剑
jiàn

Front 64

cloth; declare; announce; publish; proclaim; spread; disseminate;
dispose; arrange; deploy; an ancient Chinese copper coin.

Back 64

布
bù

Front 65

kill; slaughter; fight; go into battle; weaken; reduce; abate; <dialect>
smart; take off; counteract; in the extreme; exceedingly.

Back 65

杀
shā

Front 66

minute; tiny.

Back 66

微
wēi

Front 67

mix; adjust; suit well; fit in perfectly; mediate; tease; provoke.
2. transfer; shift; move; accent; <music> key; air; tune; melody;
<gram.> tone; tune

Back 67

调
1. 【tiáo】
2. 【diào】

Front 68

can; be able to; restrain; overcome; subdue; capture (a city, etc.);
digest; set a time limit; gram (g.); a Tibetan unit of land area equal
to about 1 mu.

Back 68

克
【kè】

Front 69

<measure> section; segment; part; paragraph; passage; a surname.

Back 69

段
duàn

Front 70

chessboard; game; set; innings; situation; state of affairs; largeness
or smallness of mind; extent of one's tolerance of others; <old> gathering;
ruse; trap; limit; confine; part; portion; office; bureau; shop.

Back 70

局
jú

Front 71

end; finish; death; eventually; after all; in the end; whole; entire;
all.

Back 71

终
zhōng

Front 72

1. correspond to; be close to; eager; anxious; be sure to.
2. cut; slice; <math.> tangency

Back 72

切
1. qiè
2. qiē

Front 73

show; notify; instruct.

Back 73

示
shì

Front 74

finish; complete; throughout; whole; in the end; eventually; <adv.>
unexpectedly; actually; go so far as to; go to the length of; have the
impudence (or effrontery) to.

Back 74

竟
jìng

Front 75

part of speech; lofty.

Back 75

乎
hū