| 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 | 36 | Lv 1 |
| 加入 | jiā rù | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | 24 | Lv 10 |
| 肘子 | zhǒu zi | pork shoulder; (coll.) elbow | 20 | Unranked |
| 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 | 13 | Lv 1 |
| 烧 | shāo | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | 13 | Lv 13 |
| 准备 | zhǔn bèi | preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund) | 12 | Lv 3 |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format | 12 | Lv 5 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 9 | Lv 1 |
| 皮 | pí | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty; CL:張|张[zhang1]; surname Pi | 9 | Lv 18 |
| 适量 | shì liàng | appropriate amount | 9 | Lv 206 |
| 备用 | bèi yòng | reserve; spare; alternate; backup | 8 | Lv 52 |
| 锅 | guō | pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing; CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1] | 8 | Lv 69 |
| 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 | 7 | Lv 1 |
| 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 | 6 | Lv 35 |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | 6 | Lv 1 |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young | 6 | Lv 2 |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin; beginning; to start; initial; CL:個|个[ge4] | 6 | Lv 2 |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards | 6 | Lv 2 |