| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) | 50 | 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] | 34 | Lv 1 |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huān | to like; to be fond of | 28 | Lv 1 |
| 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 | 28 | Lv 1 |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case); (archaic) many; beautiful; how; variant of 哪[na3]; old variant of 挪[nuo2]; surname Na; surname Nuo | 24 | Lv 1 |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my | 20 | Lv 1 |
| 吗 | ma | (coll.) what?; used in 嗎啡|吗啡[ma3 fei1]; (question particle for "yes-no" questions) | 18 | Lv 1 |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | 14 | Lv 1 |
| 什么 | shén me | what?; something; anything | 14 | Lv 1 |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]); (bound form) to reckon accounts | 10 | Lv 1 |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) | 10 | Lv 1 |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world"); variant of 最[zui4]; old variant of 最[zui4] | 10 | Lv 1 |
| 过 | guò | to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-; (experienced action marker); surname Guo | 10 | Lv 1 |
| 中国 | zhōng guó | China | 8 | Lv 15 |
| 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 | 8 | Lv 13 |
| 去 | qù | to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation) | 8 | Lv 1 |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy; to absorb; to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc); variant of 吃[chi1] | 8 | Lv 2 |
| 哦 | ó | to chant; oh (interjection indicating doubt or surprise); oh (interjection indicating that one has just learned sth); sentence-final particle that conveys informality, warmth, friendliness or intimacy; may also indicate that one is stating a fact that the other person is not aware of | 8 | Lv 1 |
| 喝 | hē | to drink; to shout; variant of 嗬[he1] | 8 | Lv 3 |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of | 8 | Lv 1 |