| 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 | 120 | Lv 1 |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my | 36 | Lv 1 |
| 上 | shàng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]; first (of multiple parts); to climb; to get onto; to go up; to attend (class or university); (directional complement) up; (noun suffix) on; above; (bound form) up; upper; above; previous | 26 | Lv 1 |
| 拿 | ná | to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object); old variant of 拿[na2]; variant of 拿[na2] | 26 | Lv 2 |
| 出来 | chū lái | to come out; to appear; to arise; (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) | 22 | Lv 3 |
| 放 | fàng | to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks) | 17 | Lv 3 |
| 打开 | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on | 16 | Lv 8 |
| 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] | 15 | Lv 1 |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough | 15 | 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 | 15 | Lv 1 |
| 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) | 14 | Lv 1 |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee; CL:杯[bei1] | 12 | Lv 8 |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny; few; young | 10 | Lv 2 |
| 窗帘 | chuāng lián | window curtains | 9 | Lv 64 |
| 吹风机 | chuī fēng jī | hair dryer | 8 | Unranked |
| 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 | 8 | Lv 2 |
| 度 | dù | to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences; to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4] | 8 | Lv 25 |
| 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 | 8 | Lv 5 |
| 下来 | xià lái | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | 6 | Lv 5 |
| 乳 | rǔ | (bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling | 6 | Lv 84 |