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The 1000 most common Shanghainese words

上海闲话 · ranked by frequency · with English translations

Shanghainese is the Wu variety spoken by millions of people in Shanghai and the surrounding region. It is not a dialect of Mandarin in any useful sense — the two are not mutually intelligible — and it is losing its youngest speakers, having been kept out of schools and most broadcasting for decades.

It shares Mandarin's writing system, which is the trap: a sentence can look entirely ordinary and be a different language when read aloud. Shanghainese keeps a voiced–voiceless distinction Mandarin lost, and it has its own everyday vocabulary — where Mandarin uses , 晓得 where Mandarin says 知道. The reading column here gives the pronunciation, because the characters alone will not.

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Ordered by frequency in written and spoken Wu, with the reading column giving the pronunciation, since the characters are shared with Mandarin and will not tell you.

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This page lists the first 1000 of 2930 words in the Shanghainese frequency list.

#ShanghaineseReadingEnglishPart of speech
1ghehpossessive and attributive particle; classifierpart.
2ihone; a, annum.
3zyto be; yes, rightv.
4'lehparticle marking completed action or a change of statepart.
5'laplural suffix on pronouns (阿拉 we, 伊拉 they)part.
6nyinperson; peoplen.
7dabig, largeadj.
8yeuto have; there is, there arev.
9kafamily; homen.
10leto comev.
11iauto want; to need; willv.
12tsyson, child; noun suffixn.
13liinside (in compounds)n.
14aprefix meaning 'we, us' (in 阿拉); also a yes-no question prefixpart.
15haugood; welladj.
16wewill; can, to know how tov.
17yihe, she, itpron.
18tauto arrive; to, untilv.
19sento be born; life; rawv.
20deuhead; noun suffixn.
21chito gov.
22ghaalso, tooadv.
23nencan, to be able tov.
24kuaonlight; brightn.
25ghobelow, under; down; nextn.
26kaonto say, to speakv.
27zaonon, above; to go up; previousn.
28tehto get, to obtain; verb complement markerv.
29lauvery (before an adjective); oldadv.
30vayes-no question particle (like Mandarin 吗)part.
31zieuthen, right away; just, preciselyadv.
32nyieyearn.
33waestill, yet; also, in additionadv.
34wefor; because of; to act asprep.
35nonyou (singular)pron.
36zauday (今朝 today, 明朝 tomorrow); dynastyn.
37teright, correct; towardsadj.
38tshehto go out, to come outv.
39kuto pass, to cross; (experiential marker)v.
40thiesky; dayn.
41iby means of, with; in order toprep.
42ghohto learn, to studyv.
43siausmall, littleadj.
44zymatter, affair; thingn.
45tumany, muchadj.
46kheto open; to start; to drivev.
47vehthing, objectn.
48diground, earth; placen.
49nyihsun; dayn.
50hesea, oceann.
51gheuafter, later; behind, backn.
52sianeach other, mutually; to play (in 白相)adv.
53zahverb suffix: to manage to, to succeed inpart.
54yuihmoon; monthn.
55sinheart; mindn.
56tshocar, vehiclen.
57mehnot; not haveadv.
58tsonmiddle, center; Chinan.
59dieelectricity; electricn.
60yinto go, to travel; row, linev.
61fento divide; minute (of time)v.
62ciaua lot, very (in 交关); to hand overadv.
63kauhigh, talladj.
64nguI, mepron.
65thibodyn.
66faehto send out, to issue; hairv.
67tiepoint, dot; o'clockn.
68zanlong; to growadj.
69khucan, mayv.
70saethreenum.
71konpublic; commonadj.
72khoeto look, to see; to watchv.
73dauroad, way; principlen.
74dehcompletive verb suffix (like Mandarin 掉); special, particularpart.
75ciauto call; to be called; to tell (sb) tov.
76minbright, clear; next (in 明朝 tomorrow)adj.
77mieface; side, surfacen.
78tsahonly, just; classifier for things (like Mandarin 个)adv.
79faonsquare; directionn.
80sianto think; to want; to miss (sb)v.
81yieto appear; present, currentv.
82pito compare; thanv.
83ghaunumber; day of the monthn.
84noesouthn.
85ghowords, speech; language, dialectn.
86ngfivenum.
87chihto eat; to drinkv.
88gehthispron.
89tsuto do; to makev.
90zehtennum.
91zyself, oneself; from, sincepron.
92yonto usev.
93yeuagain; also, moreoveradv.
94taehand, with; place (搿搭 here)conj.
95kato add; plusv.
96chito rise, to get up; to startv.
97vehnotadv.
98tsonkind; sort; seedclass.
99weto return; to go backv.
100mohorsen.
101imeaning; idea; intentionn.
102yuat; in; toprep.
103liantwo; bothnum.
104sinletter; to believe; to trustn.
105mehthen, in that case (in 葛末)part.
106lehat, in (after a verb)prep.
107tanto hit, to strikev.
108ngaoutside; outer; foreignn.
109penclassifier for books; root, originclass.
110kuehcountry (in compounds)n.
111'neobject marker (like Mandarin 把); to takepart.
112nyitwonum.
113chiair; gas; angern.
114lireason; logic; to managen.
115vaeten thousandnum.
116cinto pass through; scripturev.
117kuaevery, a lot (in 交关); to close, to shutv.
118zeall, entirelyadv.
119ciahsleep; to feel, to thinkn.
120faehmethod, way; lawn.
121ciauto teach; religionv.
122tsohto make; to do; to composev.
123zento become; to complete; to succeedv.
124shianlocative suffix: in, on, at; towardspart.
125suplace, institute; (in 所以) so, thereforen.
126cimachine; opportunityn.
127dinto decide; to fix, to settlev.
128tsauearly; morningadj.
129ziefront; before, agon.
130taonto serve as, to act as; when, at the time ofv.
131zanplace; field; venuen.
132luroad; street; routen.
133sinnewadj.
134nyuwoman; femalen.
135vento askv.
136konwork; workern.
137ciebetween, among; roomn.
138syuwatern.
139tseagain; then, after thatadv.
140eto love; to likev.
141ngaea bit, a little; some; eyeclass.
142tsypossessive particle (like Mandarin 的)part.
143sawhatpron.
144lihstrength; power; forcen.
145tento wait; and so on; rank, classv.
146tsinto enter; to go inv.
147'nayou (plural); thatpron.
148bupart, section; classifier for vehicles and machinesn.
149pohnorthn.
150inbecause; cause, reasonconj.
151zonfrom; sinceprep.
152yankind, sort; appearance, mannern.
153tsoemost (superlative marker)adv.
154donsame; alike; togetheradj.
155rson; childn.
156cihow many; a few, severalnum.
157kheumouth; opening; classifier for peoplen.
158thehcompletive verb suffix (like Mandarin 掉)part.
159khuento sleepv.
160diauto adjust; tune, tone; to transferv.
161西siwestn.
162cinnow; today, the presentn.
163oepeaceful; safe; calmadj.
164diauclassifier for long thin things; strip; itemclass.
165syto die; deadv.
166taesingle, alone; bill, listadj.
167nahow (in 哪能); whichpron.
168kaso, such, this muchadv.
169hoto change into; -ize, -izationv.
170tsenreally, truly; real, genuineadv.
171minnamen.
172saufew, little; to lackadj.
173zianto resemblev.
174ghehto join, to combine; to suit, to fitv.
175asentence-final particle softening a question; ah!, oh!part.
176keshould, ought to; this, that (before a noun)v.
177seuhandn.
178zytime; hour; whenn.
179ngfishn.
180ohhome (in 屋里); housen.
181daebut (formal)conj.
182chiudistrict; area; regionn.
183tsonalways; total, overall; chiefadv.
184paeclass, team; work shiftn.
185mendoor; gaten.
186waonkingn.
187nyisentence-final question particle (and what about ...?)part.
188zehreal, true; solidadj.
189paonwith; for, to (someone); to helpprep.
190dudegree (of temperature etc.); extentn.
191neinside; within; internaln.
192cito remember; to recordv.
193weposition, place; polite classifier for peoplen.
194donto movev.
195senbody; oneselfn.
196venwriting, script; culturen.
197pahhundrednum.
198bahto play, to have fun (in 白相); whitev.
199saemountain, hilln.
200jihis, her, itspron.
201pehto give; by (passive marker)v.
202syfournum.
203syubookn.
204wehalive, living; to liveadj.
205tshinclear; cleanadj.
206binflat, level; evenadj.
207zanoften, frequently; usualadv.
208vuwithout; to lackv.
209poehalfnum.
210thonto go through, to connect; generalv.
211zonheavy; again, re-adj.
212nyulanguagen.
213lohhappy; musicadj.
214maequite, rather, prettyadv.
215zinfeeling, emotion; situationn.
216cihto tie, to knot; to concludev.
217ghonredadj.
218yanight, eveningn.
219tsencorrect, proper; exactly, justadj.
220cieto see; to meetv.
221sunumber; to countn.
222tsyperfective particle (like Mandarin 了)part.
223laehat, in (in 辣海)prep.
224inshould, ought to; to answerv.
225tato bring, to take along; beltv.
226phiauticket; banknoten.
227kafake, false; holidayadj.
228siefirst, in advanceadv.
229shiauto know (in 晓得)v.
230yiconnection, relation; systemn.
231yoemember; employeen.
232zycity; marketn.
233detable, desk; platformn.
234cingold; moneyn.
235zyuto live (somewhere), to stayv.
236koeto feel; feelingv.
237haha! (laughter)interj.
238ziewhole, entire; completeadj.
239nyanto let, to allow; to make (sb do sth)v.
240tsyuowner, master; main, chiefn.
241jiperiod, term; phasen.
242ciato untie; to solve; to explainv.
243toneastn.
244fonwindn.
245yihleafn.
246tsanclassifier for flat objects; to open, to spreadclass.
247tshindear, beloved; relativeadj.
248yiewords, speechn.
249sinnature, character; sexn.
250zehstraight; directlyadj.
251zyuas, like; ifconj.
252khuafast, quick; soonadj.
253insound; tonen.
254sehcolorn.
255diprefix forming ordinal numbers (第一 'first')part.
256liprofit, benefit; sharpn.
257sehcan, be OK (in 来塞)v.
258nyihoccupation, trade; industryn.
259sihto rest; news, informationv.
260rand; but, yetconj.
261pauto protect; to keep, to guaranteev.
262faonto put, to place; to let gov.
263siato writev.
264minthe people; civiliann.
265tsihto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet sbv.
266uaelate (in the day)adj.
267mnot to have; there is nov.
268venclassifier for portions and copies; part, shareclass.
269paeheightnum.
270kaonjust, just now; hard, firmadv.
271ialready (in compounds)adv.
272koedryadj.
273thinto listen; to hearv.
274tseuto leave, to depart; to walkv.
275inshadow; film, movien.
276kaonriver (large)n.
277yeuto swim; to travel, to tourv.
278mato buyv.
279kuoeto manage, to be in charge of; to care aboutv.
280baeto do, to handle; to managev.
281soeto calculate, to count; to count asv.
282zoto check, to examine; to look upv.
283shiopera, play, shown.
284tseone who ...; -er (suffix)part.
285使syto make, to cause; to usev.
286syto take charge of, to manage; departmentv.
287vaonhouse; roomn.
288jianstrong, powerfuladj.
289shieuto restv.
290sensound; voice; tonen.
291jiuhe; shepron.
292tseuprefecture; staten.
293yeufriend (in compounds)n.
294laonon, on top of (locative suffix)part.
295sisome; a fewclass.
296iahapproximately; to arrange to meetadv.
297degeneration; era; to substituten.
298sygeneration; lifetime; worldn.
299khauto take an exam; to testv.
300keneven moreadv.
301线siethread; line; wiren.
302maonnet; network; the Internetn.
303thatoo (much); extremelyadv.
304lohto fall; to dropv.
305gontogether; altogether; in commonadv.
306zywritten character; wordn.
307tshedish (of food); vegetablen.
308shiha while, a momentn.
309vaecooked rice; mealn.
310lohsixnum.
311hoflower; to spend (money, time)n.
312syteacher; mastern.
313tshoeto take part in; to joinv.
314shito like; joyv.
315jinnear, closeadj.
316khonempty; sky; free timeadj.
317nenow; then, in that caseadv.
318yanto raise, to bring up; to give birth tov.
319seuto receive; to collect; to put awayv.
320yanmoney (in 洋钿); ocean; foreignn.
321zento appoint; to serve as; anyv.
322maonto hope; to gaze into the distancev.
323'mebeautiful; Americaadj.
324wuand, with; peaceconj.
325naedifficult, hardadj.
326pauto wrap; bag; to includev.
327piauto express; form, table; wristwatchv.
328ciaucomparatively, rather; to compareadv.
329nyihhot; heatadj.
330'meeach, everyadj.
331nyoeoriginal, former; causeadj.
332nyinsilvern.
333huoejoyful, happyadj.
334tshaeto produce; to give birthv.
335kueto return homev.
336kehthat; so, thenpron.
337tshihsevennum.
338zyto look at; to regardv.
339wehor; perhapsconj.
340mehthen, in that case; pause particlepart.
341pieto change; to becomev.
342wuriver (smaller)n.
343tsauto shine; to photograph; according tov.
344mirice (uncooked); metern.
345fuhusband; mann.
346khuepiece, lump; classifier for pieces and moneyclass.
347dito lift, to carry; to mentionv.
348shianfragrant, sweet-smellingadj.
349yuihto exceed, to surpass; the more ... the morev.
350kahsquare, grid; stylen.
351noemale; mann.
352shininterest, enthusiasm; to flourishn.
353lieuto flow; stream, currentv.
354pautreasure; preciousn.
355zinto look for, to seekv.
356lianquantity, amount; to measuren.
357biskin; leather; peeln.
358fifee, expenses; to spendn.
359tsianwill, shall; a general (military)adv.
360cibase, foundationn.
361waonyellowadj.
362tsoeto turn; to change directionv.
363tsihfestival; joint, sectionn.
364faeopposite, reverse; to opposeadj.
365phieslice, thin piece; film, movien.
366paweek (in 礼拜); to pay respectsn.
367barow, line; to arrangen.
368tshinto ask; to invite; pleasev.
369pauto report; newspaperv.
370zaestation, stop; to standn.
371tsuto organize, to form; group, teamv.
372vitaste, flavor; smelln.
373yoecourtyard; institution (hospital, school)n.
374pieside; edgen.
375lito leave; away fromv.
376deuto throw, to cast; to investv.
377binillness; to fall illn.
378便bieconvenient; cheap (in 便宜)adj.
379cihlevel, grade, rankn.
380tauto fall over; to pour; actuallyv.
381sauto cook, to boil; to burnv.
382tshento ride, to take (a bus, train)v.
383kuolder brother (in compounds)n.
384buold woman; grandmothern.
385yoefar, distantadj.
386saoncommerce, trade; merchantn.
387tshiethousandnum.
388shiuto allow, to permit; perhapsv.
389ligift; ceremony; (in 礼拜) weekn.
390zohto belong to; category, genusv.
391yeuoil; greasen.
392tibottom, base; end (of a period)n.
393bauto go, to leave; to walkv.
394jieuballn.
395sosandn.
396phinproduct, goods; articlen.
397tsiaolder sister (in compounds)n.
398lihto stand; to establish, to set upv.
399daonhalln.
400cinscenery, viewn.
401'lasentence-final exclamatory particlepart.
402cincapital cityn.
403tshaonto singv.
404dohto read; to studyv.
405tshapoor, not good; difference, to differadj.
406lieto unite, to connectv.
407diyounger brother (in compounds)n.
408tsieualcohol, liquor; winen.
409tsyfunds, capital; resourcesn.
410hufiren.
411zeuto receive; to suffer, to endurev.
412mauhair, fur; feathern.
413ciahfoot; legn.
414iclothes, garmentn.
415tsenaccurate, precise; to permitadj.
416tshento call, to name; to weighv.
417keto cover; lid, coverv.
418maondreamn.
419nyinto recognize; to admitv.
420zehfood; to eatn.
421nyohmeat; fleshn.
422thaonsoupn.
423kufruit; resultn.
424tsaonto install, to fit; to load; clothingv.
425kohcorner; angle; hornn.
426wabad; broken, spoiledadj.
427deteam; groupn.
428kenwith; to followprep.
429nyanmothern.
430linto lead; to collect, to receive; collarv.
431toeshort, briefadj.
432zotean.
433zencity, townn.
434zehto enter, to joinv.
435tshyuto handle, to deal with; placev.
436kaprice; valuen.
437daehto reach, to arrive atv.
438suvegetarian (food); element; plain, unadornedadj.
439tshingreen; blue; youngadj.
440yiheasy; to exchangeadj.
441zeonly then, not until; talentadv.
442sanprovince; to save, to economizen.
443su(in place names) Suzhou, Jiangsu; to reviven.
444zosociety; agency, clubn.
445tinmost, extremely; top, peakadv.
446tsehrule, principle; then, in that casen.
447yansun; the yang principlen.
448khahguest; customern.
449kusongn.
450thihironn.
451sonto give (a present); to see off; to deliverv.
452nyeuox, cown.
453vohto serve; to be convinced; clothesn.
454syto try, to testv.
455ziato thankv.
456tsinessence, extract; refined, precisen.
457yeufrom, by; reason, causeprep.
458enkindness, favour, gracen.
459jihand; to reach, to be in time forconj.
460beto prepare; to equipv.
461khehgram; to overcome, to subduen.
462jieclassifier for items, clothes, mattersclass.
463paeboard, plank; boss (in 老板)n.
464lonlane, alley; to do, to fiddle withn.
465khubitter; hardship, sufferingadj.
466广kuaonwide, broad, extensiveadj.
467sinstarn.
468maonbusyadj.
469peshell, cowrien.
470kushare (in a company); thighn.
471ditopic, question; problemn.
472tsyfinger; to point atn.
473tseucircuit, cycle; weekn.
474koheach one, variousadj.
475ciusentence; classifier for sentences, linesn.
476yohto educate; to raise, to bring upv.
477cieuninenum.
478seuhead, chief; firstn.
479tshytime, occasion (counting); second, nextclass.
480puwave, ripplen.
481fohgood fortune, blessingn.
482binand, moreover; (not) at allconj.
483sifine, thin; detailedadj.
484siauto disappear, to vanish; news (in 消息)v.
485tehvirtue, moral character; Germanyn.
486khubranch of study; department, sectionn.
487zihto gather, to collect; episode (of a series)v.
488thaontime, occasion (classifier)class.
489zengod, deity; spiritn.
490naubrainn.
491nyoeyuan (unit of money); first, originaln.
492vitiny, minute; slightlyadj.
493tsoespecial, specialized; to focus onadj.
494sehstyle, type, formn.
495退theto retreat, to withdraw; to return (goods)v.
496komelon, gourdn.
497pato put, to place; to arrange, to displayv.
498zoeto follow; to comply withv.
499tsonclock; o'clockn.
500lancoldadj.
501yahmedicine, drugn.
502dupicture, drawing; mapn.
503tshihto cut, to slice; all (in 一切)v.
504cito calculate, to count; a planv.
505zenonce, formerly (in the past)adv.
506siefresh; deliciousadj.
507baehto pull out, to pull upv.
508kauto tell, to informv.
509maeslowadj.
510liaumaterial, stuffn.
511inBritain; English (language)n.
512ciera, period; disciplinen.
513doegroup, organization; ball, lumpn.
514kueexpensive; preciousadj.
515vuaffairs, businessn.
516vohto recover, to restore; to reply; to repeatv.
517sehto lose; to failv.
518yoegarden; parkn.
519yuincloudn.
520zento exist; to deposit, to storev.
521zuto sit; to travel by (bus, plane)v.
522theto pushv.
523cieto build, to establishv.
524weto surround, to encirclev.
525tieshop, storen.
526lieto link, to connect; continuouslyv.
527tsento compete, to strive for; to arguev.
528tseparticle closing a sentence (like Mandarin 了)part.
529zoeto pass on, to spreadv.
530veuto be responsible for; negative (number); to losev.
531nyiBuddhist nunn.
532tsyuntil, up tov.
533yonto hold, to contain; to toleratev.
534tshuwrong; a mistakeadj.
535tsento prove; certificate, IDv.
536zyscholar, gentlemann.
537phafaction, school (of thought); to send, to dispatchn.
538minlife; fate; an ordern.
539tsyto knowv.
540khento be willing; to consentv.
541sieuto repair, to fix; to buildv.
542ziaextremely, very (in 邪气)adv.
543peback (of the body); to carry on the backn.
544gheto harm, to injure; harmv.
545lauverb suffix: firmly, fast (like Mandarin 住)part.
546taeto take on, to undertakev.
547tsehto break, to snap; a discountv.
548穿tshoeto wear, to put onv.
549tsyto make, to manufacture; systemv.
550sieto choosev.
551kuato blame; strange, oddv.
552zauto buildv.
553tsenwhole, entire; to tidy upadj.
554siuto need, to requirev.
555soeyears of agen.
556ghoChinese; splendidn.
557tsehto weave; to knitv.
558tsengovernment; politicsn.
559chinlight (in weight); gentleadj.
560basuggestion particle (let's…; …right?)part.
561yuinto transport; luck, fortunev.
562bua step, a pacen.
563wanhorizontal, crosswiseadj.
564nonagriculture, farming; farmern.
565tshiamoreover, andconj.
566tsohenough, sufficient; footadj.
567pheto match, to go together; to pair upv.
568moefull; to filladj.
569kenroot; classifier for long thin thingsn.
570mohwood, timber; treen.
571cintight; urgent, pressingadj.
572keto change, to alter, to correctv.
573saonto injure; wound, injuryv.
574nyieto read aloud; to study; to miss (sb)v.
575leufloor, story; multi-story buildingn.
576shianto sound, to ring; loudv.
577dohalone, single; onlyadj.
578moheye; item, entryn.
579konmerit, achievement; skilln.
580uenwarm; temperatureadj.
581yurainn.
582lihrate, proportion; to leadn.
583liplum; a common surnamen.
584kaboundary; world; circles (of people)n.
585zuto help, to assistv.
586tshyuto blow; to bragv.
587imedicine; doctor; to treatn.
588thiauto jump, to leapv.
589uaontoward, to (a place); to go towardprep.
590daeto talk, to discussv.
591jieuto ask for, to request; to seekv.
592huenmarriage, weddingn.
593fito flyv.
594tsehquality; substance, mattern.
595khuoesum of money, funds; clause, sectionn.
596tshauto exceed, to surpass; super-v.
597iasentence-final exclamatory particle (like Mandarin 啊)part.
598nuslaven.
599zihto practice, to study; habitv.
600绿lohgreenadj.
601sengrandson; descendant; a surnamen.
602kuoeto look at, to observe; view, outlookv.
603dauto lead, to guide; to direct (a film)v.
604ngatoothn.
605chioecircle, ring; lap, turnn.
606rear (in compounds)n.
607yafather (in 爷娘 'parents')n.
608monumber, coden.
609zicomplete, all present; even, neatadj.
610mato sellv.
611'mamom, mothern.
612tsyuto pay attention (in 注意); note, annotation; to pour inv.
613tshiuto take, to fetch, to getv.
614tsoeto unfold, to develop; to exhibitv.
615linwoods, forestn.
616phubroken, worn out; to break, to tearadj.
617lieuto stay, to remain; to keep, to leave behindv.
618thonto hurt, to ache; painv.
619kuerule, regulationn.
620ublack, dark; crowadj.
621shiancountryside, village; hometownn.
622thonto unify, to govern; system, lineagev.
623sendeep; dark (of a color)adj.
624vumarried woman; wifen.
625doeto break, to snap; to cut offv.
626wuwhat, how (literary)pron.
627kuancient, oldadj.
628ciuto live, to residev.
629banto bump into, to run into; to touchv.
630tsonsect, school (of thought); clan, ancestorn.
631pietime, run-through (classifier); all overclass.
632shiedanger, risk; dangerousn.
633ieto perform, to actv.
634woeto change, to exchange, to swapv.
635liuto travel; journey, tripv.
636lekind, type, categoryn.
637hahaha (laughter, in 呵呵)interj.
638zewealth, money, propertyn.
639keuenough, sufficientadj.
640pihmust, certainly, necessarilyadv.
641deubean, pean.
642tshenspring (the season)n.
643tilow; to loweradj.
644thohto entrust; to hold up in the palmv.
645tshonto rinse, to flush; to pour hot water onv.
646tsiato borrow; to lendv.
647meyounger sister (in compounds)n.
648hehblack; darkadj.
649doesection, stretch; paragraphn.
650ghoto draw, to paint; paintingv.
651sehto know, to recognize; knowledgev.
652tsihto accumulate, to build up; areav.
653faeto turn over, to flip; to translatev.
654nyimeaning; righteousnessn.
655yinto run, to operate (a business); campv.
656sonloose; to loosen; pine treeadj.
657vento smell; news; famousv.
658zehskill, technique, artn.
659zyuto remove, to get rid of; exceptv.
660cichickenn.
661gauto do, to make; to get (sth) donev.
662saonpair (classifier); double, bothclass.
663vaonto forget (in compounds)v.
664lento discuss; theory, viewv.
665woeto finish; whole, completev.
666lauand (linking nouns); so, becauseconj.
667dinto stop, to halt; to parkv.
668shiuihbloodn.
669sehto set up, to establishv.
670sytendency, momentum; influencen.
671wulaken.
672baplaying cards, mahjong tiles; brand; signn.
673zahstone, rockn.
674khauto rely onv.
675ionforever, alwaysadv.
676piaumark, sign; standardn.
677soto give up, to part with; dwelling (in 宿舍 dormitory)v.
678tshieuautumnn.
679sihsnown.
680iaAsia; second, sub-n.
681incloudy, overcast; shady; yin (of yin and yang)adj.
682zenprocess; journeyn.
683saeto scatter, to dispersev.
684lingreat, excellent; effective, working welladj.
685weto guard, to protectv.
686jihplay, drama; TV seriesn.
687nguoh (interjection of surprise or realization)interj.
688sysilk; thread; shredded stripsn.
689dato wash (the Shanghainese word)v.
690'mumother; female (of animals)n.
691sinsurname; to be surnamedn.
692nyoeto be willing; to wishv.
693mohemp, flax; numbn.
694pinice; icedn.
695zianelephant; appearance, imagen.
696thehtoo, excessivelyadv.
697nganhard, stiffadj.
698puto mend, to patch; to supplementv.
699chiohtune, song; bent, crookedn.
700padadn.
701yinshape, formn.
702yintype, modeln.
703baonside; besiden.
704tsehjob, post; dutyn.
705zyto hold; to maintainv.
706nyisuitable, appropriateadj.
707dincourtyard; family (in 家庭), law court (in 法庭)n.
708tsohto wish (sb well)v.
709tento stay, to live (somewhere)v.
710daeeggn.
711pucloth; to announce, to spreadn.
712sehroom, chambern.
713cinstrength, energy; funn.
714thauto ask for, to demandv.
715ciuihto decidev.
716pecup, glass; classifier for drinksn.
717tauknifen.
718ciesimple; briefadj.
719jioeright, entitlement; authorityn.
720tenclassifier for meals; to pauseclass.
721kuehbonen.
722nayou (plural), yourpron.
723zohethnic group; clann.
724siauto laugh; to smilev.
725tsianprize, awardn.
726sematch, competition; to competen.
727zinquiet, stilladj.
728phuriverbank (in 浦东 Pudong, 黄浦江)n.
729kuoegovernment official; officialn.
730linto face, to overlook; to be about tov.
731lianbright, shiningadj.
732aehto press; pressurev.
733finot, non-; wrongadv.
734phito criticize; classifier for batchesv.
735furich, wealthyadj.
736tonto understandv.
737taehto answer, to replyv.
738noechild (in 小囡); daughter (in 囡儿)n.
739iecigarette; smoken.
740yauschool (in compounds)n.
741waehto plan; to row (a boat)v.
742zinto use up, to exhaust; to the utmostv.
743euEuropen.
744zaehmixed, miscellaneousadj.
745phauto soak, to steep; bubblev.
746tsywisdom, intelligencen.
747thuearth, soil; localn.
748mamodal particle marking sth as obviouspart.
749linzero; odd, fractionalnum.
750zohcooked; ripe; familiaradj.
751hoeHan Chinese; the Han dynastyn.
752zyword; lyricsn.
753bauto explode, to burstv.
754shionelder brothern.
755libeautifuladj.
756yoeround, circular; circleadj.
757wuhousehold, family; doorn.
758wuto protect, to look afterv.
759tsyupign.
760loein disorder, messy; randomly, carelesslyadj.
761hugoods, merchandisen.
762tshianto grab, to snatch; to robv.
763vaonto prevent, to guard againstv.
764tseucontinentn.
765linother, another; separatelyadj.
766宿sohto stay overnight, to lodgev.
767vaeannoyed, fed up; to bother, to troubleadj.
768tsonend; finally, in the endn.
769lihcalendar; to go through, to experiencen.
770phugeneral, universal, widespreadadj.
771jiaubridgen.
772namilk; grandman.
773yito lose, to leave behind; to bequeathv.
774boeplate, dish, tray; discn.
775liangood, fineadj.
776phahto take (a photo); to pat, to clapv.
777'maucatn.
778fugovernment office; official residencen.
779pahfather's elder brother, unclen.
780zenlayer; floor, storeyn.
781jistrange, unusual; odd (number)adj.
782ziuto gather, to get togetherv.
783jihextremely; pole (north or south)adv.
784oe(legal) case; plan, proposaln.
785pihpen; stroke (of a character)n.
786lohto record, to note downv.
787zihabsolutely; to cut off, to break offadv.
788uayes-no question particle (like Mandarin 吗); wow!part.
789yuand, withconj.
790kahto separate, to partition; apart, at a distancev.
791yoecountyn.
792zaonbedn.
793ghosummern.
794cinborder, boundary; circumstancesn.
795tsheto pick, to gather; to adoptv.
796naehto accept, to take in; to pay (tax)v.
797kastreetn.
798futo pay; to hand overv.
799saehto killv.
800daonsugar; sweets, candyn.
801ciuinarmy, militaryn.
802sehcomfortable (in 适意); suitable, to fitadj.
803liauto chatv.
804meplum blossom; Chinese plumn.
805soealthough, even thoughconj.
806ohevil, wicked; fierceadj.
807cihurgent; anxious, in a hurryadj.
808syhistory (in compounds)n.
809sohto bind, to tie up; bundlev.
810tsywill, ambition; sign, markn.
811tshythis; herepron.
812kuto look after, to take care ofv.
813kaframe, rack, shelfn.
814photo be afraid, to fearv.
815tsehresponsibility, duty; to blamen.
816linorder, command; to causen.
817dieto fill in (a form); to fill up, to stuffv.
818wumutual, each otheradv.
819paeedition, versionn.
820tshubeginning, early part; at firstn.
821suto tell; to complain, to suev.
822khuclass, lesson; coursen.
823bicurrency, moneyn.
824tinto book, to order, to reserve; to draw upv.
825daebland, weak in flavour; light (in colour)adj.
826laeorchidn.
827chidevice, appliance, instrumentn.
828zensmooth, going well; to follow, alongadj.
829jiutool, implement; to have, to possessn.
830weto remit (money); to convergev.
831jieuold, used; formeradj.
832fonto seal; classifier for lettersv.
833yuin advance, beforehandadv.
834nyito discuss; to proposev.
835tsoeto chase, to run after; to court (someone)v.
836bato lose, to be defeated; to defeatv.
837zehto be worth; valuev.
838uaebay, gulfn.
839ciuaccording to; evidence, proofprep.
840taonpolitical partyn.
841mihdense, thick, close; secretadj.
842koeto darev.
843zohto continue, to carry onv.
844饿nguhungryadj.
845shieto show, to appear; obviousv.
846ciseason; quarter (of a year)n.
847sohto search out, to explore; to demand; ropev.
848tsaonoften (in 常庄); village, manoradv.
849jiestrong, robust; healthyadj.
850pieto compile, to edit; to weave, to plaitv.
851ghaonitem (classifier for items, projects); neckclass.
852thauset (classifier for sets); cover, caseclass.
853sypoem, poetryn.
854eto be one's turn; next, in sequencev.
855zoeboat, shipn.
856yinlucky, fortunateadj.
857tsyto stop; to prohibitv.
858yusurplus, remaining; the restn.
859vinot yetadv.
860vehBuddha; Buddhismn.
861into print; a seal, a stampv.
862cieto check, to examinev.
863tsyto place, to put; to set upv.
864gheutime (in 时候); climate (in 气候); to waitv.
865yohbath, bathing (in 汏浴 'to take a bath')n.
866ghehcore, nucleus; pit, stone (of a fruit)n.
867teuto fight, to strugglev.
868zaonstate, condition; shape, formn.
869jiohoffice, bureau; situationn.
870aelate (of the hour)adj.
871kuenformidable, intense (in 结棍); stick, rodadj.
872pihto finish, to completev.
873noesentence-final question particle (like Mandarin 呢)part.
874sauslightly, a littleadv.
875廿nyaetwentynum.
876yonto melt; to merge, to blendv.
877tshahred; bare, nakedadj.
878zuseat; classifier for buildings and mountainsn.
879meua certain, somepron.
880zoecrime, guilt, sinn.
881tsuleftn.
882sintoilsome, hard; pungentadj.
883ngaecolor (in 颜色); face, countenancen.
884yiesaltn.
885tindiced cube of food; fourth in a series, 'D'n.
886jiuingroup, crowd; classifier for crowds and flocksn.
887oeto press, to pushv.
888saehextremely, to death (suffix after an adjective)part.
889mauto give off, to emit; to riskv.
890tshonto fill; to charge (a battery)v.
891siauto sell; to cancel, to write offv.
892kaeto supervise; prisonv.
893siumust, have to; beardadv.
894jiuhugeadj.
895vuto attach, to append; nearbyv.
896tsentown; to suppress, to calmn.
897ghashoen.
898vuto dance; dancev.
899phaonfat, plumpadj.
900zeneven, so much so that (in 甚至)adv.
901fenpowder; starch noodles; pinkn.
902londragonn.
903khuwarehouse, storehousen.
904bohthinadj.
905tshiuinterest; funn.
906zyto show, to indicatev.
907huto call out, to shout; to breathe outv.
908yeuright (side)n.
909cihauspicious, propitiousadj.
910yinto pull, to draw; to lead tov.
911kueghostn.
912tenlamp, lightn.
913chisteam, vaporn.
914uoebowl; a bowl ofn.
915koesweet; willingadj.
916wurecklessly, wildlyadv.
917vumilitary, martialadj.
918tsoewar, battlen.
919syprivate, personaladj.
920jiskill, techniquen.
921hoshrimp, prawnn.
922ziemoney (the general character)n.
923tshenvillagen.
924tohto simmer, to stewv.
925tshoemeal; classifier for mealsn.
926hehto drinkv.
927tsaonchapter, sectionn.
928tsypapern.
929tshieto sign (one's name); label, tagv.
930ieto dislike, to loathev.
931kuaeto be used to, accustomed tov.
932zyutreen.
933chiuihto lack, to be short ofv.
934kaonto fall, to drop; to lowerv.
935kaehto press between; to pick up (with chopsticks)v.
936hucompanion, partnern.
937soesour; achingadj.
938gheuthickadj.
939tsihnamely, that is; at onceadv.
940zoto shootv.
941ciefirm, solid, hardadj.
942tshecolor; brilliant, splendidn.
943syto carry out, to implement; to give, to bestowv.
944tshonto dote on, to spoilv.
945cinpolice; to warnn.
946tshaonto create, to foundv.
947zento ladle out, to serve (food); flourishingv.
948taongrade, class; file, recordn.
949kugirl, young woman (in 姑娘); father's sistern.
950vifat; fertilizeradj.
951tsyto support; a branchv.
952toeend, extremity; to carry with both handsn.
953vito maintain, to preservev.
954怀weto harbor (a feeling), to cherish; bosomv.
955yihe, she (a spelling of 伊)pron.
956dubelly (in compounds)n.
957pinguest, visitorn.
958waehslippery; to slip, to slideadj.
959hutigern.
960tshiwife (formal)n.
961tsuto rent, to hire; rentv.
962zena surname (Chen); to set out, to staten.
963lenwheel; a round, a turn; steamshipn.
964寿zeulong life, longevity; lifespann.
965yoefate, predestined affinity; edgen.
966theuto penetrate, to pass through; thoroughlyv.
967cito continue; to succeed to, to inheritv.
968yeupost, mailn.
969tento stay, to be at (a place); to climb, to ascendv.
970tonwintern.
971syuto lose (a game, a bet); to transportv.
972tshoeriver (in place names: 四川, 川沙)n.
973shiaufilial piety; mourningn.
974ciself, oneselfpron.
975hahto scare, to frightenv.
976sohfast, rapid; speedadj.
977tauislandn.
978ghaonto sail, to navigate; flightv.
979aehduckn.
980cito send, to post (a letter)v.
981sonthe Song dynasty; a surname (Song)n.
982thinhall; living roomn.
983naunoisy, lively; to make a fussadj.
984ieuexcellent, superioradj.
985tsheusmelly, stinkingadj.
986tshaugrass; draft (of a document)n.
987shihto inhale, to suck; to absorbv.
988yieto extend, to prolong; to delayv.
989shiuinto train; to lecture, to admonishv.
990phieto cheat, to deceivev.
991kaclassifier for sessions, conferences and graduating classesclass.
992tihto fall, to trip; (of prices) to dropv.
993deto treat (sb); to wait; to stayv.
994ethat, that one (distal)pron.
995dohpoison; poisonousn.
996fudeputy, vice-; classifier for sets and pairsadj.
997keudogn.
998tshahto tear down, to demolish; to take apartv.
999fonabundant, plentifuladj.
1000liancool; to let sth cool downadj.

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