| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2 ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3 tang2 r5 de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one"); also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs; really and truly; a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1 shi4]); (bound form) bull's-eye; target | 41 | Lv 1 |
| 椿 | chūn | Chinese toon (Toona sinensis); tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima); (literary metaphor) father | 29 | Unranked |
| 芽 | yá | bud; sprout | 29 | Lv 125 |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | 22 | Lv 10 |
| 豆腐 | dòu fǔ | tofu; bean curd | 15 | Lv 107 |
| 把 | bǎ | to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}); handle | 14 | Lv 1 |
| 炸 | zhà | to deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable); Taiwan pr. [zha4]; to burst; to explode; to blow up; to bomb; (coll.) to fly into a rage; (coll.) to scamper off; to scatter | 14 | Lv 19 |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | 13 | Lv 4 |
| 油 | yóu | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | 13 | Lv 27 |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards | 12 | Lv 2 |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; (dialect) OK; all right; to hit (a target); to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc); to win (a prize or lottery); (bound form) China; Chinese; surname Zhong | 10 | Lv 2 |
| 克 | kè | to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares; to subdue; to overthrow; to restrain; abbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], Croatia; variant of 克[ke4]; variant of 剋|克[ke4]; Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God | 9 | Lv 35 |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format | 8 | Lv 5 |
| 下 | xià | down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action | 7 | Lv 4 |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | 7 | Lv 1 |
| 拌 | bàn | to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad) | 7 | Lv 137 |
| 温 | wēn | warm; lukewarm; to warm up; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]); surname Wen | 7 | Lv 130 |
| 盆 | pén | basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗[dou3] and 8 升[sheng1], approx 128 liters; CL:個|个[ge4] | 7 | Lv 97 |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] | 7 | Lv 69 |
| 倒 | dào | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit; to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet | 6 | Lv 13 |