| 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 | 24 | Lv 1 |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | 14 | Lv 10 |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | 12 | Lv 4 |
| 牛肉 | niú ròu | beef | 12 | Lv 39 |
| 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 | 10 | Lv 2 |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | 9 | Lv 3 |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] | 9 | Lv 69 |
| 备用 | bèi yòng | reserve; spare; alternate; backup | 6 | Lv 52 |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young | 6 | Lv 2 |
| 炒 | chǎo | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb) | 6 | Lv 26 |
| 丝 | sī | silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc | 5 | Lv 41 |
| 切成 | qiè chéng | to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred | 5 | Unranked |
| 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 | 5 | Lv 1 |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4] | 5 | Lv 2 |
| 煸 | biān | to stir-fry before broiling or stewing | 5 | Unranked |
| 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 | 4 | Lv 35 |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur | 4 | Lv 2 |
| 时候 | shí hòu | time; length of time; moment; period | 4 | Lv 1 |
| 水分 | shuǐ fēn | moisture content; (fig.) overstatement; padding | 4 | Lv 126 |
| 热 | rè | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | 4 | Lv 14 |