| 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 | 27 | Lv 1 |
| 牛奶 | niú nǎi | cow's milk; CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1] | 19 | Lv 27 |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | 18 | Lv 4 |
| 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 | 15 | Lv 1 |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | 13 | Lv 10 |
| 入 | rù | to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri"); (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4 shi2]); abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4 sheng1] | 12 | Lv 14 |
| 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 | 11 | Lv 2 |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] | 10 | 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 | 8 | Lv 1 |
| 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 | 8 | Lv 13 |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute | 8 | Lv 4 |
| 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 |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | 7 | Lv 3 |
| 备用 | bèi yòng | reserve; spare; alternate; backup | 7 | Lv 52 |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4] | 7 | Lv 2 |
| 辅料 | fǔ liào | auxiliary ingredients; supplementary materials | 7 | Unranked |
| 和 | hé | (joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]); (math.) sum; to make peace; (sports) to draw; to tie; to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence; to join in the singing; to chime in with others; to complete a set in mahjong or playing cards; to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water; Taiwan pr. [huo4]; to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs; old variant of 和[he2]; (bound form) harmonious; (bound form) Japan; Japanese; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]); surname He | 6 | Lv 1 |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young | 6 | Lv 2 |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards | 6 | Lv 2 |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) | 5 | Lv 3 |