| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my | 89 | Lv 1 |
| 这个 | zhè gè | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | 87 | Lv 1 |
| 头发 | tóu fā | hair (on the head) | 64 | Lv 9 |
| 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 | 59 | 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] | 41 | Lv 1 |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element) | 40 | Lv 1 |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- | 27 | Lv 1 |
| 看 | kàn | to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guard; to see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for | 22 | Lv 1 |
| 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.) | 21 | Lv 1 |
| 哈哈 | hā hā | (onom.) laughing out loud | 21 | Lv 25 |
| 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 | 20 | Lv 1 |
| 戴 | dài | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support; surname Dai | 19 | Lv 9 |
| 卷 | juǎn | to roll up; (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation); (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive; a roll; classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc); scroll; book; volume; chapter; examination paper; classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll; to roll up; to sweep up; to carry along; a roll; classifier for rolls, spools etc | 18 | Lv 51 |
| 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] | 17 | 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 | 17 | Lv 1 |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards | 16 | Lv 2 |
| 假 | jiǎ | used in 假掰[gei1 bai1]; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose; vacation; to borrow; variant of 假[jia3] | 15 | Lv 12 |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) | 15 | Lv 1 |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional) | 15 | Lv 1 |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) | 14 | Lv 1 |