| 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 | 26 | Lv 1 |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | 17 | Lv 10 |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef | 17 | Lv 39 |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | 11 | Lv 4 |
| 水 | shuǐ | water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; classifier for washings of a garment; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; surname Shui | 9 | Lv 5 |
| 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 | 7 | Lv 35 |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | 7 | Lv 3 |
| 嫩 | nèn | young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled; old variant of 嫩[nen4] | 7 | Lv 99 |
| 打 | dǎ | (loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. [da3]; a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate"); to hit; to strike; to fight; (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後|打那以后[da3 na4 yi3 hou4] "since then") | 7 | Lv 4 |
| 上 | shàng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above; (bound form) up; upper; above; previous | 6 | Lv 1 |
| 加 | jiā | to add; (math.) plus; to increase; to augment; (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不[bu4], 大[da4], 稍[shao1] etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良[shao1 jia1 gai3 liang2] "make some minor improvements to (it)"); Canada (abbr. for 加拿大[Jia1 na2 da4]); surname Jia | 6 | Lv 8 |
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerable (person); experienced; of long standing; always; all the time; of the past; very; outdated; (of meat etc) tough | 6 | Lv 5 |
| 适量 | shì liàng | appropriate amount | 6 | Lv 206 |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] | 6 | Lv 69 |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit | 5 | Lv 1 |
| 备用 | bèi yòng | reserve; spare; alternate; backup | 5 | Lv 52 |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly- | 5 | Lv 2 |
| 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 | 5 | Lv 1 |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] | 5 | Lv 1 |
| 油 | yóu | oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning | 5 | Lv 27 |