| 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 | 78 | 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] | 54 | Lv 1 |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least; (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly; to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]); unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] | 48 | Lv 1 |
| 包 | bāo | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]; surname Bao | 48 | Lv 13 |
| 煮 | zhǔ | to cook; to boil; variant of 煮[zhu3] | 45 | Lv 31 |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our | 41 | Lv 1 |
| 酸 | suān | sour; tart; sick at heart; grieved; sore; aching; pedantic; impractical; to make sarcastic remarks about sb; an acid | 38 | Lv 73 |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | 36 | Lv 1 |
| 米粉 | mǐ fěn | rice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan | 35 | Lv 210 |
| 螺蛳粉 | luó sī fěn | luosifen (rice noodles served in a broth made from river snails and pork bones, often seasoned with stinky fermented bamboo shoots) | 35 | Unranked |
| 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 | 30 | Lv 1 |
| 好 | hǎo | good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello; to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to | 27 | Lv 1 |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my | 26 | Lv 1 |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) | 24 | Lv 1 |
| 辣 | là | hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn; old variant of 辣[la4] | 22 | Lv 25 |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently | 21 | Lv 1 |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]; surname Ye | 19 | Lv 1 |
| 就 | jiù | (after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... | 19 | Lv 1 |
| 干 | gàn | dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder; one of the ten heavenly stems 天干[tian1 gan1]; (archaic) shield; tree trunk; main part of sth; to manage; to work; to do; capable; cadre; to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar); (coll.) pissed off; annoyed; old variant of 乾|干[gan1]; variant of 乾|干[gan1]; (bound form) to have to do with; to concern oneself with; surname Gan; surname Gan | 18 | Lv 2 |
| 汤 | tāng | rushing current; soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled; surname Tang | 18 | Lv 30 |