Category Archives: 中文

中文 – 2016-04-24

Most frequent characters (46-50)

46 (ㄋㄥˊ) [néng] can, be able; be capable of; maybe [tái] () ; ; ; [nái] : [nài] [xióng] [tāi] ?
47 (ㄌㄧˇ) [lǐ] village; half kilometer, kilometer; (F) inside; there; where?
48 (ㄉㄨㄛ) [duō] many, much; how
49 (ㄒㄧㄠˇ) [xiǎo] small; dàxiǎo size; (radical 42, )
50 (ㄦˊ) [ér] ( érqiě) and, furthermore; ( rán’ér) yet; (radical 126, ) [néng] ; cf.

中文 – 2016-04-05

Most frequent characters (41-45)

  • 41.  (ㄩˊ) [yú] (surname); (F於) in, at, to, from, by, than
  • 42.  (ㄓ) [zhī] X’s (possessive, genitive marker, like 的 de); it (classical pronoun)
  • 43.  (ㄏㄡˋ) [hòu] queen; (F後) after, behind
  • 44.  / (ㄓㄜ˙) [zhe] (grammatical particle) (ㄓㄠˊ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ) [zháo] [zhuó] touch [zhāo]
  • 45.  (ㄓㄨˇ) [zhǔ] lord, master; (主要 zhǔyào) main; 主义 zhǔyì -ism

中文 – 2016-03-17

Most frequent characters (36-40)

36 / (ㄉㄨㄟˋ) [duì] correct; yes; mutual; pair; excuse me
37 (ㄒㄧㄚˋ) [xià] under; (go) down; next [jià] (HDC:) /
38 (ㄋㄚˋ, ㄋㄜˋ, ㄋㄟˋ) [nà] [nèi] that, the [nuó] [nuò] [nǎ] [něi] [né] [nā] () [ná] (HDC:) (), ()
39 (ㄎㄜˇ) [kě] ( kěyǐ) can; ( kěshì) but; kěnéng maybe [kè] Khan [gē] ; …
40 / (ㄍㄨㄛˋ, ㄍㄨㄛ) [guò] pass, go by, exceed; cross the street [guo] (v. suf., ‘completion/past’) [guō] [huò] cf.

中文 – 2016-02-27

Most frequent characters (31-35)

31 (ㄝˇ) [yě] also; yěxǔ perhaps; (); () , [yí] ;
32 (ㄧˇ) [yǐ] use/using; regard/take ( ‘take X to be Y’); so as to; as well as; can/may; so/therefore; (HDZ:) , 使; 使, ; … [sì]
33 说 /  (ㄕㄨㄛ) (ㄕㄨㄛ) [shuō] say; speak [shuì] lobby [yuè] [tuō] [suì] (HDC:)
34 / (ㄒㄩㄝˊ) [xué] study, learn; school; student [huá] [jiào] [xiào] cf.
35 (ㄉㄜˊ) [de] (grammatical function) [dé] get, reach, achieve [děi] should/must

 

中文 – 2016-02-08

Most frequent characters (26-30)

  • 26.  / (ㄏㄨㄟˋ) [huì] meet; can, able [kuài] 会计 kuàijì accounting [huǐ] 会儿 moment
  • 27.  (ㄔㄨ) [chū] go out, emit; 出现 chūxiàn appear, emerge
  • 28.  (ㄐㄧㄡˋ) [jiù] just, simply, right away
  • 29.  (ㄗ˙) [zǐ] child [zi] (noun suffix:) 桌子 zhuōzi table
  • 30.  (ㄧㄠˋ) [yào] want; will [yāo] 要求 yāoqiú demand

中文 – 2016-01-20

Most frequent characters (21-25)

  • 21.  (ㄏㄜˊ) [hé] and; with; harmony [huo] 暖和
  • 22.  / (ㄕˊ) [shí] (时间 shíjiān, 时候 shíhou) time; 小时 hour
  • 23.  / (ㄇㄣ˙, ㄇㄣˊ) [men] (pluralizing suffix:) 我们 wǒmen we; 人们 people
  • 24.  (ㄋㄧㄢˊ) [nián] year; 今年 this year, 明年 next year, 去年 last year
  • 25.  (ㄕㄥ) [shēng] give birth; life

 

中文 – 2016-01-01

Most frequent characters (16-20)

16 / [lái] come; it turns out [lai] get up [lài] , ;
17 [tā] he, him; she, her; it; they, them; … his …; ( qítā) other [tuó]
18 / [wèi] for ( ‘for the sake of’), on account of ( ‘because of’; ‘why’) [wéi] do/make; serve as; be, become [é] [wěi] cf.
19 [dào] to, towards, until ( ‘go to Beijing’); (v. compl.) ( ‘think of’, ‘accomplish’); (HDZ:) , ; …; ()
20 [dì] earth ( ‘land/soil’; ‘earth/globe’; ‘map’; ‘place/site’) [de] (adv. part.) -ly ( ‘suddenly’)

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