Frequently Used Words

The most frequent word in the Beijing Language Institute's 1985 frequency wordlist. (Ho, 2002)

Most Frequently Used Words

1	的	de
2	一	yī yì
3	了	le
4	是	shì
5	我	wǒ
6	不	bù
7	在	zài
8	人	rén
9	们	men
10	有	yǒu
11	来	lái
12	他	tā
13	这	zhè
14	上	shàng
15	着	zhe
16	个	de
17	地	de
18	到	dào
19	大	dà
20	里	lǐ

Reference

1. Ho, Y., 2002. Chinese-English Frequency Dictionary: A Study Guide to Mandarin Chinese’s 500 Most Frequently Used Words. Hippocrene Books.