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 — 勿 where Mandarin uses 不, 晓得 where Mandarin says 知道. The reading column here gives the pronunciation, because the characters alone will not.
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This page lists the first 1000 of 2930 words in the Shanghainese frequency list.
| # | Shanghainese | Reading | English | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 个 | gheh | possessive and attributive particle; classifier | part. |
| 2 | 一 | ih | one; a, an | num. |
| 3 | 是 | zy | to be; yes, right | v. |
| 4 | 了 | 'leh | particle marking completed action or a change of state | part. |
| 5 | 拉 | 'la | plural suffix on pronouns (阿拉 we, 伊拉 they) | part. |
| 6 | 人 | nyin | person; people | n. |
| 7 | 大 | da | big, large | adj. |
| 8 | 有 | yeu | to have; there is, there are | v. |
| 9 | 家 | ka | family; home | n. |
| 10 | 来 | le | to come | v. |
| 11 | 要 | iau | to want; to need; will | v. |
| 12 | 子 | tsy | son, child; noun suffix | n. |
| 13 | 里 | li | inside (in compounds) | n. |
| 14 | 阿 | a | prefix meaning 'we, us' (in 阿拉); also a yes-no question prefix | part. |
| 15 | 好 | hau | good; well | adj. |
| 16 | 会 | we | will; can, to know how to | v. |
| 17 | 伊 | yi | he, she, it | pron. |
| 18 | 到 | tau | to arrive; to, until | v. |
| 19 | 生 | sen | to be born; life; raw | v. |
| 20 | 头 | deu | head; noun suffix | n. |
| 21 | 去 | chi | to go | v. |
| 22 | 也 | gha | also, too | adv. |
| 23 | 能 | nen | can, to be able to | v. |
| 24 | 光 | kuaon | light; bright | n. |
| 25 | 下 | gho | below, under; down; next | n. |
| 26 | 讲 | kaon | to say, to speak | v. |
| 27 | 上 | zaon | on, above; to go up; previous | n. |
| 28 | 得 | teh | to get, to obtain; verb complement marker | v. |
| 29 | 老 | lau | very (before an adjective); old | adv. |
| 30 | 伐 | va | yes-no question particle (like Mandarin 吗) | part. |
| 31 | 就 | zieu | then, right away; just, precisely | adv. |
| 32 | 年 | nyie | year | n. |
| 33 | 还 | wae | still, yet; also, in addition | adv. |
| 34 | 为 | we | for; because of; to act as | prep. |
| 35 | 侬 | non | you (singular) | pron. |
| 36 | 朝 | zau | day (今朝 today, 明朝 tomorrow); dynasty | n. |
| 37 | 对 | te | right, correct; towards | adj. |
| 38 | 出 | tsheh | to go out, to come out | v. |
| 39 | 过 | ku | to pass, to cross; (experiential marker) | v. |
| 40 | 天 | thie | sky; day | n. |
| 41 | 以 | i | by means of, with; in order to | prep. |
| 42 | 学 | ghoh | to learn, to study | v. |
| 43 | 小 | siau | small, little | adj. |
| 44 | 事 | zy | matter, affair; thing | n. |
| 45 | 多 | tu | many, much | adj. |
| 46 | 开 | khe | to open; to start; to drive | v. |
| 47 | 物 | veh | thing, object | n. |
| 48 | 地 | di | ground, earth; place | n. |
| 49 | 日 | nyih | sun; day | n. |
| 50 | 海 | he | sea, ocean | n. |
| 51 | 后 | gheu | after, later; behind, back | n. |
| 52 | 相 | sian | each other, mutually; to play (in 白相) | adv. |
| 53 | 着 | zah | verb suffix: to manage to, to succeed in | part. |
| 54 | 月 | yuih | moon; month | n. |
| 55 | 心 | sin | heart; mind | n. |
| 56 | 车 | tsho | car, vehicle | n. |
| 57 | 没 | meh | not; not have | adv. |
| 58 | 中 | tson | middle, center; China | n. |
| 59 | 电 | die | electricity; electric | n. |
| 60 | 行 | yin | to go, to travel; row, line | v. |
| 61 | 分 | fen | to divide; minute (of time) | v. |
| 62 | 交 | ciau | a lot, very (in 交关); to hand over | adv. |
| 63 | 高 | kau | high, tall | adj. |
| 64 | 我 | ngu | I, me | pron. |
| 65 | 体 | thi | body | n. |
| 66 | 发 | faeh | to send out, to issue; hair | v. |
| 67 | 点 | tie | point, dot; o'clock | n. |
| 68 | 长 | zan | long; to grow | adj. |
| 69 | 可 | khu | can, may | v. |
| 70 | 三 | sae | three | num. |
| 71 | 公 | kon | public; common | adj. |
| 72 | 看 | khoe | to look, to see; to watch | v. |
| 73 | 道 | dau | road, way; principle | n. |
| 74 | 特 | deh | completive verb suffix (like Mandarin 掉); special, particular | part. |
| 75 | 叫 | ciau | to call; to be called; to tell (sb) to | v. |
| 76 | 明 | min | bright, clear; next (in 明朝 tomorrow) | adj. |
| 77 | 面 | mie | face; side, surface | n. |
| 78 | 只 | tsah | only, just; classifier for things (like Mandarin 个) | adv. |
| 79 | 方 | faon | square; direction | n. |
| 80 | 想 | sian | to think; to want; to miss (sb) | v. |
| 81 | 现 | yie | to appear; present, current | v. |
| 82 | 比 | pi | to compare; than | v. |
| 83 | 号 | ghau | number; day of the month | n. |
| 84 | 南 | noe | south | n. |
| 85 | 话 | gho | words, speech; language, dialect | n. |
| 86 | 五 | ng | five | num. |
| 87 | 吃 | chih | to eat; to drink | v. |
| 88 | 搿 | geh | this | pron. |
| 89 | 做 | tsu | to do; to make | v. |
| 90 | 十 | zeh | ten | num. |
| 91 | 自 | zy | self, oneself; from, since | pron. |
| 92 | 用 | yon | to use | v. |
| 93 | 又 | yeu | again; also, moreover | adv. |
| 94 | 搭 | taeh | and, with; place (搿搭 here) | conj. |
| 95 | 加 | ka | to add; plus | v. |
| 96 | 起 | chi | to rise, to get up; to start | v. |
| 97 | 勿 | veh | not | adv. |
| 98 | 种 | tson | kind; sort; seed | class. |
| 99 | 回 | we | to return; to go back | v. |
| 100 | 马 | mo | horse | n. |
| 101 | 意 | i | meaning; idea; intention | n. |
| 102 | 于 | yu | at; in; to | prep. |
| 103 | 两 | lian | two; both | num. |
| 104 | 信 | sin | letter; to believe; to trust | n. |
| 105 | 末 | meh | then, in that case (in 葛末) | part. |
| 106 | 勒 | leh | at, in (after a verb) | prep. |
| 107 | 打 | tan | to hit, to strike | v. |
| 108 | 外 | nga | outside; outer; foreign | n. |
| 109 | 本 | pen | classifier for books; root, origin | class. |
| 110 | 国 | kueh | country (in compounds) | n. |
| 111 | 拿 | 'ne | object marker (like Mandarin 把); to take | part. |
| 112 | 二 | nyi | two | num. |
| 113 | 气 | chi | air; gas; anger | n. |
| 114 | 理 | li | reason; logic; to manage | n. |
| 115 | 万 | vae | ten thousand | num. |
| 116 | 经 | cin | to pass through; scripture | v. |
| 117 | 关 | kuae | very, a lot (in 交关); to close, to shut | v. |
| 118 | 侪 | ze | all, entirely | adv. |
| 119 | 觉 | ciah | sleep; to feel, to think | n. |
| 120 | 法 | faeh | method, way; law | n. |
| 121 | 教 | ciau | to teach; religion | v. |
| 122 | 作 | tsoh | to make; to do; to compose | v. |
| 123 | 成 | zen | to become; to complete; to succeed | v. |
| 124 | 向 | shian | locative suffix: in, on, at; towards | part. |
| 125 | 所 | su | place, institute; (in 所以) so, therefore | n. |
| 126 | 机 | ci | machine; opportunity | n. |
| 127 | 定 | din | to decide; to fix, to settle | v. |
| 128 | 早 | tsau | early; morning | adj. |
| 129 | 前 | zie | front; before, ago | n. |
| 130 | 当 | taon | to serve as, to act as; when, at the time of | v. |
| 131 | 场 | zan | place; field; venue | n. |
| 132 | 路 | lu | road; street; route | n. |
| 133 | 新 | sin | new | adj. |
| 134 | 女 | nyu | woman; female | n. |
| 135 | 问 | ven | to ask | v. |
| 136 | 工 | kon | work; worker | n. |
| 137 | 间 | cie | between, among; room | n. |
| 138 | 水 | syu | water | n. |
| 139 | 再 | tse | again; then, after that | adv. |
| 140 | 爱 | e | to love; to like | v. |
| 141 | 眼 | ngae | a bit, a little; some; eye | class. |
| 142 | 之 | tsy | possessive particle (like Mandarin 的) | part. |
| 143 | 啥 | sa | what | pron. |
| 144 | 力 | lih | strength; power; force | n. |
| 145 | 等 | ten | to wait; and so on; rank, class | v. |
| 146 | 进 | tsin | to enter; to go in | v. |
| 147 | 那 | 'na | you (plural); that | pron. |
| 148 | 部 | bu | part, section; classifier for vehicles and machines | n. |
| 149 | 北 | poh | north | n. |
| 150 | 因 | in | because; cause, reason | conj. |
| 151 | 从 | zon | from; since | prep. |
| 152 | 样 | yan | kind, sort; appearance, manner | n. |
| 153 | 最 | tsoe | most (superlative marker) | adv. |
| 154 | 同 | don | same; alike; together | adj. |
| 155 | 儿 | r | son; child | n. |
| 156 | 几 | ci | how many; a few, several | num. |
| 157 | 口 | kheu | mouth; opening; classifier for people | n. |
| 158 | 脱 | theh | completive verb suffix (like Mandarin 掉) | part. |
| 159 | 困 | khuen | to sleep | v. |
| 160 | 调 | diau | to adjust; tune, tone; to transfer | v. |
| 161 | 西 | si | west | n. |
| 162 | 今 | cin | now; today, the present | n. |
| 163 | 安 | oe | peaceful; safe; calm | adj. |
| 164 | 条 | diau | classifier for long thin things; strip; item | class. |
| 165 | 死 | sy | to die; dead | v. |
| 166 | 单 | tae | single, alone; bill, list | adj. |
| 167 | 哪 | na | how (in 哪能); which | pron. |
| 168 | 介 | ka | so, such, this much | adv. |
| 169 | 化 | ho | to change into; -ize, -ization | v. |
| 170 | 真 | tsen | really, truly; real, genuine | adv. |
| 171 | 名 | min | name | n. |
| 172 | 少 | sau | few, little; to lack | adj. |
| 173 | 像 | zian | to resemble | v. |
| 174 | 合 | gheh | to join, to combine; to suit, to fit | v. |
| 175 | 啊 | a | sentence-final particle softening a question; ah!, oh! | part. |
| 176 | 该 | ke | should, ought to; this, that (before a noun) | v. |
| 177 | 手 | seu | hand | n. |
| 178 | 时 | zy | time; hour; when | n. |
| 179 | 鱼 | ng | fish | n. |
| 180 | 屋 | oh | home (in 屋里); house | n. |
| 181 | 但 | dae | but (formal) | conj. |
| 182 | 区 | chiu | district; area; region | n. |
| 183 | 总 | tson | always; total, overall; chief | adv. |
| 184 | 班 | pae | class, team; work shift | n. |
| 185 | 门 | men | door; gate | n. |
| 186 | 王 | waon | king | n. |
| 187 | 呢 | nyi | sentence-final question particle (and what about ...?) | part. |
| 188 | 实 | zeh | real, true; solid | adj. |
| 189 | 帮 | paon | with; for, to (someone); to help | prep. |
| 190 | 度 | du | degree (of temperature etc.); extent | n. |
| 191 | 内 | ne | inside; within; internal | n. |
| 192 | 记 | ci | to remember; to record | v. |
| 193 | 位 | we | position, place; polite classifier for people | n. |
| 194 | 动 | don | to move | v. |
| 195 | 身 | sen | body; oneself | n. |
| 196 | 文 | ven | writing, script; culture | n. |
| 197 | 百 | pah | hundred | num. |
| 198 | 白 | bah | to play, to have fun (in 白相); white | v. |
| 199 | 山 | sae | mountain, hill | n. |
| 200 | 其 | ji | his, her, its | pron. |
| 201 | 拨 | peh | to give; by (passive marker) | v. |
| 202 | 四 | sy | four | num. |
| 203 | 书 | syu | book | n. |
| 204 | 活 | weh | alive, living; to live | adj. |
| 205 | 清 | tshin | clear; clean | adj. |
| 206 | 平 | bin | flat, level; even | adj. |
| 207 | 常 | zan | often, frequently; usual | adv. |
| 208 | 无 | vu | without; to lack | v. |
| 209 | 半 | poe | half | num. |
| 210 | 通 | thon | to go through, to connect; general | v. |
| 211 | 重 | zon | heavy; again, re- | adj. |
| 212 | 语 | nyu | language | n. |
| 213 | 乐 | loh | happy; music | adj. |
| 214 | 蛮 | mae | quite, rather, pretty | adv. |
| 215 | 情 | zin | feeling, emotion; situation | n. |
| 216 | 结 | cih | to tie, to knot; to conclude | v. |
| 217 | 红 | ghon | red | adj. |
| 218 | 夜 | ya | night, evening | n. |
| 219 | 正 | tsen | correct, proper; exactly, just | adj. |
| 220 | 见 | cie | to see; to meet | v. |
| 221 | 数 | su | number; to count | n. |
| 222 | 仔 | tsy | perfective particle (like Mandarin 了) | part. |
| 223 | 辣 | laeh | at, in (in 辣海) | prep. |
| 224 | 应 | in | should, ought to; to answer | v. |
| 225 | 带 | ta | to bring, to take along; belt | v. |
| 226 | 票 | phiau | ticket; banknote | n. |
| 227 | 假 | ka | fake, false; holiday | adj. |
| 228 | 先 | sie | first, in advance | adv. |
| 229 | 晓 | shiau | to know (in 晓得) | v. |
| 230 | 系 | yi | connection, relation; system | n. |
| 231 | 员 | yoe | member; employee | n. |
| 232 | 市 | zy | city; market | n. |
| 233 | 台 | de | table, desk; platform | n. |
| 234 | 金 | cin | gold; money | n. |
| 235 | 住 | zyu | to live (somewhere), to stay | v. |
| 236 | 感 | koe | to feel; feeling | v. |
| 237 | 哈 | ha | ha! (laughter) | interj. |
| 238 | 全 | zie | whole, entire; complete | adj. |
| 239 | 让 | nyan | to let, to allow; to make (sb do sth) | v. |
| 240 | 主 | tsyu | owner, master; main, chief | n. |
| 241 | 期 | ji | period, term; phase | n. |
| 242 | 解 | cia | to untie; to solve; to explain | v. |
| 243 | 东 | ton | east | n. |
| 244 | 风 | fon | wind | n. |
| 245 | 叶 | yih | leaf | n. |
| 246 | 张 | tsan | classifier for flat objects; to open, to spread | class. |
| 247 | 亲 | tshin | dear, beloved; relative | adj. |
| 248 | 言 | yie | words, speech | n. |
| 249 | 性 | sin | nature, character; sex | n. |
| 250 | 直 | zeh | straight; directly | adj. |
| 251 | 如 | zyu | as, like; if | conj. |
| 252 | 快 | khua | fast, quick; soon | adj. |
| 253 | 音 | in | sound; tone | n. |
| 254 | 色 | seh | color | n. |
| 255 | 第 | di | prefix forming ordinal numbers (第一 'first') | part. |
| 256 | 利 | li | profit, benefit; sharp | n. |
| 257 | 塞 | seh | can, be OK (in 来塞) | v. |
| 258 | 业 | nyih | occupation, trade; industry | n. |
| 259 | 息 | sih | to rest; news, information | v. |
| 260 | 而 | r | and; but, yet | conj. |
| 261 | 保 | pau | to protect; to keep, to guarantee | v. |
| 262 | 放 | faon | to put, to place; to let go | v. |
| 263 | 写 | sia | to write | v. |
| 264 | 民 | min | the people; civilian | n. |
| 265 | 接 | tsih | to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet sb | v. |
| 266 | 晚 | uae | late (in the day) | adj. |
| 267 | 呒 | m | not to have; there is no | v. |
| 268 | 份 | ven | classifier for portions and copies; part, share | class. |
| 269 | 八 | paeh | eight | num. |
| 270 | 刚 | kaon | just, just now; hard, firm | adv. |
| 271 | 已 | i | already (in compounds) | adv. |
| 272 | 干 | koe | dry | adj. |
| 273 | 听 | thin | to listen; to hear | v. |
| 274 | 走 | tseu | to leave, to depart; to walk | v. |
| 275 | 影 | in | shadow; film, movie | n. |
| 276 | 江 | kaon | river (large) | n. |
| 277 | 游 | yeu | to swim; to travel, to tour | v. |
| 278 | 买 | ma | to buy | v. |
| 279 | 管 | kuoe | to manage, to be in charge of; to care about | v. |
| 280 | 办 | bae | to do, to handle; to manage | v. |
| 281 | 算 | soe | to calculate, to count; to count as | v. |
| 282 | 查 | zo | to check, to examine; to look up | v. |
| 283 | 戏 | shi | opera, play, show | n. |
| 284 | 者 | tse | one who ...; -er (suffix) | part. |
| 285 | 使 | sy | to make, to cause; to use | v. |
| 286 | 司 | sy | to take charge of, to manage; department | v. |
| 287 | 房 | vaon | house; room | n. |
| 288 | 强 | jian | strong, powerful | adj. |
| 289 | 休 | shieu | to rest | v. |
| 290 | 声 | sen | sound; voice; tone | n. |
| 291 | 渠 | jiu | he; she | pron. |
| 292 | 州 | tseu | prefecture; state | n. |
| 293 | 友 | yeu | friend (in compounds) | n. |
| 294 | 浪 | laon | on, on top of (locative suffix) | part. |
| 295 | 些 | si | some; a few | class. |
| 296 | 约 | iah | approximately; to arrange to meet | adv. |
| 297 | 代 | de | generation; era; to substitute | n. |
| 298 | 世 | sy | generation; lifetime; world | n. |
| 299 | 考 | khau | to take an exam; to test | v. |
| 300 | 更 | ken | even more | adv. |
| 301 | 线 | sie | thread; line; wire | n. |
| 302 | 网 | maon | net; network; the Internet | n. |
| 303 | 太 | tha | too (much); extremely | adv. |
| 304 | 落 | loh | to fall; to drop | v. |
| 305 | 共 | gon | together; altogether; in common | adv. |
| 306 | 字 | zy | written character; word | n. |
| 307 | 菜 | tshe | dish (of food); vegetable | n. |
| 308 | 歇 | shih | a while, a moment | n. |
| 309 | 饭 | vae | cooked rice; meal | n. |
| 310 | 六 | loh | six | num. |
| 311 | 花 | ho | flower; to spend (money, time) | n. |
| 312 | 师 | sy | teacher; master | n. |
| 313 | 参 | tshoe | to take part in; to join | v. |
| 314 | 喜 | shi | to like; joy | v. |
| 315 | 近 | jin | near, close | adj. |
| 316 | 空 | khon | empty; sky; free time | adj. |
| 317 | 乃 | ne | now; then, in that case | adv. |
| 318 | 养 | yan | to raise, to bring up; to give birth to | v. |
| 319 | 收 | seu | to receive; to collect; to put away | v. |
| 320 | 洋 | yan | money (in 洋钿); ocean; foreign | n. |
| 321 | 任 | zen | to appoint; to serve as; any | v. |
| 322 | 望 | maon | to hope; to gaze into the distance | v. |
| 323 | 美 | 'me | beautiful; America | adj. |
| 324 | 和 | wu | and, with; peace | conj. |
| 325 | 难 | nae | difficult, hard | adj. |
| 326 | 包 | pau | to wrap; bag; to include | v. |
| 327 | 表 | piau | to express; form, table; wristwatch | v. |
| 328 | 较 | ciau | comparatively, rather; to compare | adv. |
| 329 | 热 | nyih | hot; heat | adj. |
| 330 | 每 | 'me | each, every | adj. |
| 331 | 原 | nyoe | original, former; cause | adj. |
| 332 | 银 | nyin | silver | n. |
| 333 | 欢 | huoe | joyful, happy | adj. |
| 334 | 产 | tshae | to produce; to give birth | v. |
| 335 | 归 | kue | to return home | v. |
| 336 | 葛 | keh | that; so, then | pron. |
| 337 | 七 | tshih | seven | num. |
| 338 | 视 | zy | to look at; to regard | v. |
| 339 | 或 | weh | or; perhaps | conj. |
| 340 | 么 | meh | then, in that case; pause particle | part. |
| 341 | 变 | pie | to change; to become | v. |
| 342 | 河 | wu | river (smaller) | n. |
| 343 | 照 | tsau | to shine; to photograph; according to | v. |
| 344 | 米 | mi | rice (uncooked); meter | n. |
| 345 | 夫 | fu | husband; man | n. |
| 346 | 块 | khue | piece, lump; classifier for pieces and money | class. |
| 347 | 提 | di | to lift, to carry; to mention | v. |
| 348 | 香 | shian | fragrant, sweet-smelling | adj. |
| 349 | 越 | yuih | to exceed, to surpass; the more ... the more | v. |
| 350 | 格 | kah | square, grid; style | n. |
| 351 | 男 | noe | male; man | n. |
| 352 | 兴 | shin | interest, enthusiasm; to flourish | n. |
| 353 | 流 | lieu | to flow; stream, current | v. |
| 354 | 宝 | pau | treasure; precious | n. |
| 355 | 寻 | zin | to look for, to seek | v. |
| 356 | 量 | lian | quantity, amount; to measure | n. |
| 357 | 皮 | bi | skin; leather; peel | n. |
| 358 | 费 | fi | fee, expenses; to spend | n. |
| 359 | 将 | tsian | will, shall; a general (military) | adv. |
| 360 | 基 | ci | base, foundation | n. |
| 361 | 黄 | waon | yellow | adj. |
| 362 | 转 | tsoe | to turn; to change direction | v. |
| 363 | 节 | tsih | festival; joint, section | n. |
| 364 | 反 | fae | opposite, reverse; to oppose | adj. |
| 365 | 片 | phie | slice, thin piece; film, movie | n. |
| 366 | 拜 | pa | week (in 礼拜); to pay respects | n. |
| 367 | 排 | ba | row, line; to arrange | n. |
| 368 | 请 | tshin | to ask; to invite; please | v. |
| 369 | 报 | pau | to report; newspaper | v. |
| 370 | 站 | zae | station, stop; to stand | n. |
| 371 | 组 | tsu | to organize, to form; group, team | v. |
| 372 | 味 | vi | taste, flavor; smell | n. |
| 373 | 院 | yoe | courtyard; institution (hospital, school) | n. |
| 374 | 边 | pie | side; edge | n. |
| 375 | 离 | li | to leave; away from | v. |
| 376 | 投 | deu | to throw, to cast; to invest | v. |
| 377 | 病 | bin | illness; to fall ill | n. |
| 378 | 便 | bie | convenient; cheap (in 便宜) | adj. |
| 379 | 级 | cih | level, grade, rank | n. |
| 380 | 倒 | tau | to fall over; to pour; actually | v. |
| 381 | 烧 | sau | to cook, to boil; to burn | v. |
| 382 | 乘 | tshen | to ride, to take (a bus, train) | v. |
| 383 | 哥 | ku | older brother (in compounds) | n. |
| 384 | 婆 | bu | old woman; grandmother | n. |
| 385 | 远 | yoe | far, distant | adj. |
| 386 | 商 | saon | commerce, trade; merchant | n. |
| 387 | 千 | tshie | thousand | num. |
| 388 | 许 | shiu | to allow, to permit; perhaps | v. |
| 389 | 礼 | li | gift; ceremony; (in 礼拜) week | n. |
| 390 | 属 | zoh | to belong to; category, genus | v. |
| 391 | 油 | yeu | oil; grease | n. |
| 392 | 底 | ti | bottom, base; end (of a period) | n. |
| 393 | 跑 | bau | to go, to leave; to walk | v. |
| 394 | 球 | jieu | ball | n. |
| 395 | 沙 | so | sand | n. |
| 396 | 品 | phin | product, goods; article | n. |
| 397 | 姐 | tsia | older sister (in compounds) | n. |
| 398 | 立 | lih | to stand; to establish, to set up | v. |
| 399 | 堂 | daon | hall | n. |
| 400 | 景 | cin | scenery, view | n. |
| 401 | 啦 | 'la | sentence-final exclamatory particle | part. |
| 402 | 京 | cin | capital city | n. |
| 403 | 唱 | tshaon | to sing | v. |
| 404 | 读 | doh | to read; to study | v. |
| 405 | 差 | tsha | poor, not good; difference, to differ | adj. |
| 406 | 联 | lie | to unite, to connect | v. |
| 407 | 弟 | di | younger brother (in compounds) | n. |
| 408 | 酒 | tsieu | alcohol, liquor; wine | n. |
| 409 | 资 | tsy | funds, capital; resources | n. |
| 410 | 火 | hu | fire | n. |
| 411 | 受 | zeu | to receive; to suffer, to endure | v. |
| 412 | 毛 | mau | hair, fur; feather | n. |
| 413 | 脚 | ciah | foot; leg | n. |
| 414 | 衣 | i | clothes, garment | n. |
| 415 | 准 | tsen | accurate, precise; to permit | adj. |
| 416 | 称 | tshen | to call, to name; to weigh | v. |
| 417 | 盖 | ke | to cover; lid, cover | v. |
| 418 | 梦 | maon | dream | n. |
| 419 | 认 | nyin | to recognize; to admit | v. |
| 420 | 食 | zeh | food; to eat | n. |
| 421 | 肉 | nyoh | meat; flesh | n. |
| 422 | 汤 | thaon | soup | n. |
| 423 | 果 | ku | fruit; result | n. |
| 424 | 装 | tsaon | to install, to fit; to load; clothing | v. |
| 425 | 角 | koh | corner; angle; horn | n. |
| 426 | 坏 | wa | bad; broken, spoiled | adj. |
| 427 | 队 | de | team; group | n. |
| 428 | 跟 | ken | with; to follow | prep. |
| 429 | 娘 | nyan | mother | n. |
| 430 | 领 | lin | to lead; to collect, to receive; collar | v. |
| 431 | 短 | toe | short, brief | adj. |
| 432 | 茶 | zo | tea | n. |
| 433 | 城 | zen | city, town | n. |
| 434 | 入 | zeh | to enter, to join | v. |
| 435 | 处 | tshyu | to handle, to deal with; place | v. |
| 436 | 价 | ka | price; value | n. |
| 437 | 达 | daeh | to reach, to arrive at | v. |
| 438 | 素 | su | vegetarian (food); element; plain, unadorned | adj. |
| 439 | 青 | tshin | green; blue; young | adj. |
| 440 | 易 | yih | easy; to exchange | adj. |
| 441 | 才 | ze | only then, not until; talent | adv. |
| 442 | 省 | san | province; to save, to economize | n. |
| 443 | 苏 | su | (in place names) Suzhou, Jiangsu; to revive | n. |
| 444 | 社 | zo | society; agency, club | n. |
| 445 | 顶 | tin | most, extremely; top, peak | adv. |
| 446 | 则 | tseh | rule, principle; then, in that case | n. |
| 447 | 阳 | yan | sun; the yang principle | n. |
| 448 | 客 | khah | guest; customer | n. |
| 449 | 歌 | ku | song | n. |
| 450 | 铁 | thih | iron | n. |
| 451 | 送 | son | to give (a present); to see off; to deliver | v. |
| 452 | 牛 | nyeu | ox, cow | n. |
| 453 | 服 | voh | to serve; to be convinced; clothes | n. |
| 454 | 试 | sy | to try, to test | v. |
| 455 | 谢 | zia | to thank | v. |
| 456 | 精 | tsin | essence, extract; refined, precise | n. |
| 457 | 由 | yeu | from, by; reason, cause | prep. |
| 458 | 恩 | en | kindness, favour, grace | n. |
| 459 | 及 | jih | and; to reach, to be in time for | conj. |
| 460 | 备 | be | to prepare; to equip | v. |
| 461 | 克 | kheh | gram; to overcome, to subdue | n. |
| 462 | 件 | jie | classifier for items, clothes, matters | class. |
| 463 | 板 | pae | board, plank; boss (in 老板) | n. |
| 464 | 弄 | lon | lane, alley; to do, to fiddle with | n. |
| 465 | 苦 | khu | bitter; hardship, suffering | adj. |
| 466 | 广 | kuaon | wide, broad, extensive | adj. |
| 467 | 星 | sin | star | n. |
| 468 | 忙 | maon | busy | adj. |
| 469 | 贝 | pe | shell, cowrie | n. |
| 470 | 股 | ku | share (in a company); thigh | n. |
| 471 | 题 | di | topic, question; problem | n. |
| 472 | 指 | tsy | finger; to point at | n. |
| 473 | 周 | tseu | circuit, cycle; week | n. |
| 474 | 各 | koh | each one, various | adj. |
| 475 | 句 | ciu | sentence; classifier for sentences, lines | n. |
| 476 | 育 | yoh | to educate; to raise, to bring up | v. |
| 477 | 九 | cieu | nine | num. |
| 478 | 首 | seu | head, chief; first | n. |
| 479 | 次 | tshy | time, occasion (counting); second, next | class. |
| 480 | 波 | pu | wave, ripple | n. |
| 481 | 福 | foh | good fortune, blessing | n. |
| 482 | 并 | bin | and, moreover; (not) at all | conj. |
| 483 | 细 | si | fine, thin; detailed | adj. |
| 484 | 消 | siau | to disappear, to vanish; news (in 消息) | v. |
| 485 | 德 | teh | virtue, moral character; Germany | n. |
| 486 | 科 | khu | branch of study; department, section | n. |
| 487 | 集 | zih | to gather, to collect; episode (of a series) | v. |
| 488 | 趟 | thaon | time, occasion (classifier) | class. |
| 489 | 神 | zen | god, deity; spirit | n. |
| 490 | 脑 | nau | brain | n. |
| 491 | 元 | nyoe | yuan (unit of money); first, original | n. |
| 492 | 微 | vi | tiny, minute; slightly | adj. |
| 493 | 专 | tsoe | special, specialized; to focus on | adj. |
| 494 | 式 | seh | style, type, form | n. |
| 495 | 退 | the | to retreat, to withdraw; to return (goods) | v. |
| 496 | 瓜 | ko | melon, gourd | n. |
| 497 | 摆 | pa | to put, to place; to arrange, to display | v. |
| 498 | 随 | zoe | to follow; to comply with | v. |
| 499 | 钟 | tson | clock; o'clock | n. |
| 500 | 冷 | lan | cold | adj. |
| 501 | 药 | yah | medicine, drug | n. |
| 502 | 图 | du | picture, drawing; map | n. |
| 503 | 切 | tshih | to cut, to slice; all (in 一切) | v. |
| 504 | 计 | ci | to calculate, to count; a plan | v. |
| 505 | 曾 | zen | once, formerly (in the past) | adv. |
| 506 | 鲜 | sie | fresh; delicious | adj. |
| 507 | 拔 | baeh | to pull out, to pull up | v. |
| 508 | 告 | kau | to tell, to inform | v. |
| 509 | 慢 | mae | slow | adj. |
| 510 | 料 | liau | material, stuff | n. |
| 511 | 英 | in | Britain; English (language) | n. |
| 512 | 纪 | ci | era, period; discipline | n. |
| 513 | 团 | doe | group, organization; ball, lump | n. |
| 514 | 贵 | kue | expensive; precious | adj. |
| 515 | 务 | vu | affairs, business | n. |
| 516 | 复 | voh | to recover, to restore; to reply; to repeat | v. |
| 517 | 失 | seh | to lose; to fail | v. |
| 518 | 园 | yoe | garden; park | n. |
| 519 | 云 | yuin | cloud | n. |
| 520 | 存 | zen | to exist; to deposit, to store | v. |
| 521 | 坐 | zu | to sit; to travel by (bus, plane) | v. |
| 522 | 推 | the | to push | v. |
| 523 | 建 | cie | to build, to establish | v. |
| 524 | 围 | we | to surround, to encircle | v. |
| 525 | 店 | tie | shop, store | n. |
| 526 | 连 | lie | to link, to connect; continuously | v. |
| 527 | 争 | tsen | to compete, to strive for; to argue | v. |
| 528 | 哉 | tse | particle closing a sentence (like Mandarin 了) | part. |
| 529 | 传 | zoe | to pass on, to spread | v. |
| 530 | 负 | veu | to be responsible for; negative (number); to lose | v. |
| 531 | 尼 | nyi | Buddhist nun | n. |
| 532 | 至 | tsy | until, up to | v. |
| 533 | 容 | yon | to hold, to contain; to tolerate | v. |
| 534 | 错 | tshu | wrong; a mistake | adj. |
| 535 | 证 | tsen | to prove; certificate, ID | v. |
| 536 | 士 | zy | scholar, gentleman | n. |
| 537 | 派 | pha | faction, school (of thought); to send, to dispatch | n. |
| 538 | 命 | min | life; fate; an order | n. |
| 539 | 知 | tsy | to know | v. |
| 540 | 肯 | khen | to be willing; to consent | v. |
| 541 | 修 | sieu | to repair, to fix; to build | v. |
| 542 | 邪 | zia | extremely, very (in 邪气) | adv. |
| 543 | 背 | pe | back (of the body); to carry on the back | n. |
| 544 | 害 | ghe | to harm, to injure; harm | v. |
| 545 | 牢 | lau | verb suffix: firmly, fast (like Mandarin 住) | part. |
| 546 | 担 | tae | to take on, to undertake | v. |
| 547 | 折 | tseh | to break, to snap; a discount | v. |
| 548 | 穿 | tshoe | to wear, to put on | v. |
| 549 | 制 | tsy | to make, to manufacture; system | v. |
| 550 | 选 | sie | to choose | v. |
| 551 | 怪 | kua | to blame; strange, odd | v. |
| 552 | 造 | zau | to build | v. |
| 553 | 整 | tsen | whole, entire; to tidy up | adj. |
| 554 | 需 | siu | to need, to require | v. |
| 555 | 岁 | soe | years of age | n. |
| 556 | 华 | gho | Chinese; splendid | n. |
| 557 | 织 | tseh | to weave; to knit | v. |
| 558 | 政 | tsen | government; politics | n. |
| 559 | 轻 | chin | light (in weight); gentle | adj. |
| 560 | 吧 | ba | suggestion particle (let's…; …right?) | part. |
| 561 | 运 | yuin | to transport; luck, fortune | v. |
| 562 | 步 | bu | a step, a pace | n. |
| 563 | 横 | wan | horizontal, crosswise | adj. |
| 564 | 农 | non | agriculture, farming; farmer | n. |
| 565 | 且 | tshia | moreover, and | conj. |
| 566 | 足 | tsoh | enough, sufficient; foot | adj. |
| 567 | 配 | phe | to match, to go together; to pair up | v. |
| 568 | 满 | moe | full; to fill | adj. |
| 569 | 根 | ken | root; classifier for long thin things | n. |
| 570 | 木 | moh | wood, timber; tree | n. |
| 571 | 紧 | cin | tight; urgent, pressing | adj. |
| 572 | 改 | ke | to change, to alter, to correct | v. |
| 573 | 伤 | saon | to injure; wound, injury | v. |
| 574 | 念 | nyie | to read aloud; to study; to miss (sb) | v. |
| 575 | 楼 | leu | floor, story; multi-story building | n. |
| 576 | 响 | shian | to sound, to ring; loud | v. |
| 577 | 独 | doh | alone, single; only | adj. |
| 578 | 目 | moh | eye; item, entry | n. |
| 579 | 功 | kon | merit, achievement; skill | n. |
| 580 | 温 | uen | warm; temperature | adj. |
| 581 | 雨 | yu | rain | n. |
| 582 | 率 | lih | rate, proportion; to lead | n. |
| 583 | 李 | li | plum; a common surname | n. |
| 584 | 界 | ka | boundary; world; circles (of people) | n. |
| 585 | 助 | zu | to help, to assist | v. |
| 586 | 吹 | tshyu | to blow; to brag | v. |
| 587 | 医 | i | medicine; doctor; to treat | n. |
| 588 | 跳 | thiau | to jump, to leap | v. |
| 589 | 往 | uaon | toward, to (a place); to go toward | prep. |
| 590 | 谈 | dae | to talk, to discuss | v. |
| 591 | 求 | jieu | to ask for, to request; to seek | v. |
| 592 | 婚 | huen | marriage, wedding | n. |
| 593 | 飞 | fi | to fly | v. |
| 594 | 质 | tseh | quality; substance, matter | n. |
| 595 | 款 | khuoe | sum of money, funds; clause, section | n. |
| 596 | 超 | tshau | to exceed, to surpass; super- | v. |
| 597 | 呀 | ia | sentence-final exclamatory particle (like Mandarin 啊) | part. |
| 598 | 奴 | nu | slave | n. |
| 599 | 习 | zih | to practice, to study; habit | v. |
| 600 | 绿 | loh | green | adj. |
| 601 | 孙 | sen | grandson; descendant; a surname | n. |
| 602 | 观 | kuoe | to look at, to observe; view, outlook | v. |
| 603 | 导 | dau | to lead, to guide; to direct (a film) | v. |
| 604 | 牙 | nga | tooth | n. |
| 605 | 圈 | chioe | circle, ring; lap, turn | n. |
| 606 | 耳 | r | ear (in compounds) | n. |
| 607 | 爷 | ya | father (in 爷娘 'parents') | n. |
| 608 | 码 | mo | number, code | n. |
| 609 | 齐 | zi | complete, all present; even, neat | adj. |
| 610 | 卖 | ma | to sell | v. |
| 611 | 妈 | 'ma | mom, mother | n. |
| 612 | 注 | tsyu | to pay attention (in 注意); note, annotation; to pour in | v. |
| 613 | 取 | tshiu | to take, to fetch, to get | v. |
| 614 | 展 | tsoe | to unfold, to develop; to exhibit | v. |
| 615 | 林 | lin | woods, forest | n. |
| 616 | 破 | phu | broken, worn out; to break, to tear | adj. |
| 617 | 留 | lieu | to stay, to remain; to keep, to leave behind | v. |
| 618 | 痛 | thon | to hurt, to ache; pain | v. |
| 619 | 规 | kue | rule, regulation | n. |
| 620 | 乌 | u | black, dark; crow | adj. |
| 621 | 乡 | shian | countryside, village; hometown | n. |
| 622 | 统 | thon | to unify, to govern; system, lineage | v. |
| 623 | 深 | sen | deep; dark (of a color) | adj. |
| 624 | 妇 | vu | married woman; wife | n. |
| 625 | 断 | doe | to break, to snap; to cut off | v. |
| 626 | 何 | wu | what, how (literary) | pron. |
| 627 | 古 | ku | ancient, old | adj. |
| 628 | 居 | ciu | to live, to reside | v. |
| 629 | 碰 | ban | to bump into, to run into; to touch | v. |
| 630 | 宗 | tson | sect, school (of thought); clan, ancestor | n. |
| 631 | 遍 | pie | time, run-through (classifier); all over | class. |
| 632 | 险 | shie | danger, risk; dangerous | n. |
| 633 | 演 | ie | to perform, to act | v. |
| 634 | 换 | woe | to change, to exchange, to swap | v. |
| 635 | 旅 | liu | to travel; journey, trip | v. |
| 636 | 类 | le | kind, type, category | n. |
| 637 | 呵 | ha | haha (laughter, in 呵呵) | interj. |
| 638 | 财 | ze | wealth, money, property | n. |
| 639 | 够 | keu | enough, sufficient | adj. |
| 640 | 必 | pih | must, certainly, necessarily | adv. |
| 641 | 豆 | deu | bean, pea | n. |
| 642 | 春 | tshen | spring (the season) | n. |
| 643 | 低 | ti | low; to lower | adj. |
| 644 | 托 | thoh | to entrust; to hold up in the palm | v. |
| 645 | 冲 | tshon | to rinse, to flush; to pour hot water on | v. |
| 646 | 借 | tsia | to borrow; to lend | v. |
| 647 | 妹 | me | younger sister (in compounds) | n. |
| 648 | 黑 | heh | black; dark | adj. |
| 649 | 段 | doe | section, stretch; paragraph | n. |
| 650 | 画 | gho | to draw, to paint; painting | v. |
| 651 | 识 | seh | to know, to recognize; knowledge | v. |
| 652 | 积 | tsih | to accumulate, to build up; area | v. |
| 653 | 翻 | fae | to turn over, to flip; to translate | v. |
| 654 | 义 | nyi | meaning; righteousness | n. |
| 655 | 营 | yin | to run, to operate (a business); camp | v. |
| 656 | 松 | son | loose; to loosen; pine tree | adj. |
| 657 | 闻 | ven | to smell; news; famous | v. |
| 658 | 术 | zeh | skill, technique, art | n. |
| 659 | 除 | zyu | to remove, to get rid of; except | v. |
| 660 | 鸡 | ci | chicken | n. |
| 661 | 搞 | gau | to do, to make; to get (sth) done | v. |
| 662 | 双 | saon | pair (classifier); double, both | class. |
| 663 | 忘 | vaon | to forget (in compounds) | v. |
| 664 | 论 | len | to discuss; theory, view | v. |
| 665 | 完 | woe | to finish; whole, complete | v. |
| 666 | 咾 | lau | and (linking nouns); so, because | conj. |
| 667 | 停 | din | to stop, to halt; to park | v. |
| 668 | 血 | shiuih | blood | n. |
| 669 | 设 | seh | to set up, to establish | v. |
| 670 | 势 | sy | tendency, momentum; influence | n. |
| 671 | 湖 | wu | lake | n. |
| 672 | 牌 | ba | playing cards, mahjong tiles; brand; sign | n. |
| 673 | 石 | zah | stone, rock | n. |
| 674 | 靠 | khau | to rely on | v. |
| 675 | 永 | ion | forever, always | adv. |
| 676 | 标 | piau | mark, sign; standard | n. |
| 677 | 舍 | so | to give up, to part with; dwelling (in 宿舍 dormitory) | v. |
| 678 | 秋 | tshieu | autumn | n. |
| 679 | 雪 | sih | snow | n. |
| 680 | 亚 | ia | Asia; second, sub- | n. |
| 681 | 阴 | in | cloudy, overcast; shady; yin (of yin and yang) | adj. |
| 682 | 程 | zen | process; journey | n. |
| 683 | 散 | sae | to scatter, to disperse | v. |
| 684 | 灵 | lin | great, excellent; effective, working well | adj. |
| 685 | 卫 | we | to guard, to protect | v. |
| 686 | 剧 | jih | play, drama; TV series | n. |
| 687 | 哦 | ngu | oh (interjection of surprise or realization) | interj. |
| 688 | 丝 | sy | silk; thread; shredded strips | n. |
| 689 | 汏 | da | to wash (the Shanghainese word) | v. |
| 690 | 母 | 'mu | mother; female (of animals) | n. |
| 691 | 姓 | sin | surname; to be surnamed | n. |
| 692 | 愿 | nyoe | to be willing; to wish | v. |
| 693 | 麻 | mo | hemp, flax; numb | n. |
| 694 | 冰 | pin | ice; iced | n. |
| 695 | 象 | zian | elephant; appearance, image | n. |
| 696 | 忒 | theh | too, excessively | adv. |
| 697 | 硬 | ngan | hard, stiff | adj. |
| 698 | 补 | pu | to mend, to patch; to supplement | v. |
| 699 | 曲 | chioh | tune, song; bent, crooked | n. |
| 700 | 爸 | pa | dad | n. |
| 701 | 形 | yin | shape, form | n. |
| 702 | 型 | yin | type, model | n. |
| 703 | 旁 | baon | side; beside | n. |
| 704 | 职 | tseh | job, post; duty | n. |
| 705 | 持 | zy | to hold; to maintain | v. |
| 706 | 宜 | nyi | suitable, appropriate | adj. |
| 707 | 庭 | din | courtyard; family (in 家庭), law court (in 法庭) | n. |
| 708 | 祝 | tsoh | to wish (sb well) | v. |
| 709 | 蹲 | ten | to stay, to live (somewhere) | v. |
| 710 | 蛋 | dae | egg | n. |
| 711 | 布 | pu | cloth; to announce, to spread | n. |
| 712 | 室 | seh | room, chamber | n. |
| 713 | 劲 | cin | strength, energy; fun | n. |
| 714 | 讨 | thau | to ask for, to demand | v. |
| 715 | 决 | ciuih | to decide | v. |
| 716 | 杯 | pe | cup, glass; classifier for drinks | n. |
| 717 | 刀 | tau | knife | n. |
| 718 | 简 | cie | simple; brief | adj. |
| 719 | 权 | jioe | right, entitlement; authority | n. |
| 720 | 顿 | ten | classifier for meals; to pause | class. |
| 721 | 骨 | kueh | bone | n. |
| 722 | 娜 | na | you (plural), your | pron. |
| 723 | 族 | zoh | ethnic group; clan | n. |
| 724 | 笑 | siau | to laugh; to smile | v. |
| 725 | 奖 | tsian | prize, award | n. |
| 726 | 赛 | se | match, competition; to compete | n. |
| 727 | 静 | zin | quiet, still | adj. |
| 728 | 浦 | phu | riverbank (in 浦东 Pudong, 黄浦江) | n. |
| 729 | 官 | kuoe | government official; official | n. |
| 730 | 临 | lin | to face, to overlook; to be about to | v. |
| 731 | 亮 | lian | bright, shining | adj. |
| 732 | 压 | aeh | to press; pressure | v. |
| 733 | 非 | fi | not, non-; wrong | adv. |
| 734 | 批 | phi | to criticize; classifier for batches | v. |
| 735 | 富 | fu | rich, wealthy | adj. |
| 736 | 懂 | ton | to understand | v. |
| 737 | 答 | taeh | to answer, to reply | v. |
| 738 | 囡 | noe | child (in 小囡); daughter (in 囡儿) | n. |
| 739 | 烟 | ie | cigarette; smoke | n. |
| 740 | 校 | yau | school (in compounds) | n. |
| 741 | 划 | waeh | to plan; to row (a boat) | v. |
| 742 | 尽 | zin | to use up, to exhaust; to the utmost | v. |
| 743 | 欧 | eu | Europe | n. |
| 744 | 杂 | zaeh | mixed, miscellaneous | adj. |
| 745 | 泡 | phau | to soak, to steep; bubble | v. |
| 746 | 智 | tsy | wisdom, intelligence | n. |
| 747 | 土 | thu | earth, soil; local | n. |
| 748 | 嘛 | ma | modal particle marking sth as obvious | part. |
| 749 | 零 | lin | zero; odd, fractional | num. |
| 750 | 熟 | zoh | cooked; ripe; familiar | adj. |
| 751 | 汉 | hoe | Han Chinese; the Han dynasty | n. |
| 752 | 词 | zy | word; lyrics | n. |
| 753 | 爆 | bau | to explode, to burst | v. |
| 754 | 兄 | shion | elder brother | n. |
| 755 | 丽 | li | beautiful | adj. |
| 756 | 圆 | yoe | round, circular; circle | adj. |
| 757 | 户 | wu | household, family; door | n. |
| 758 | 护 | wu | to protect, to look after | v. |
| 759 | 猪 | tsyu | pig | n. |
| 760 | 乱 | loe | in disorder, messy; randomly, carelessly | adj. |
| 761 | 货 | hu | goods, merchandise | n. |
| 762 | 抢 | tshian | to grab, to snatch; to rob | v. |
| 763 | 防 | vaon | to prevent, to guard against | v. |
| 764 | 洲 | tseu | continent | n. |
| 765 | 另 | lin | other, another; separately | adj. |
| 766 | 宿 | soh | to stay overnight, to lodge | v. |
| 767 | 烦 | vae | annoyed, fed up; to bother, to trouble | adj. |
| 768 | 终 | tson | end; finally, in the end | n. |
| 769 | 历 | lih | calendar; to go through, to experience | n. |
| 770 | 普 | phu | general, universal, widespread | adj. |
| 771 | 桥 | jiau | bridge | n. |
| 772 | 奶 | na | milk; grandma | n. |
| 773 | 遗 | yi | to lose, to leave behind; to bequeath | v. |
| 774 | 盘 | boe | plate, dish, tray; disc | n. |
| 775 | 良 | lian | good, fine | adj. |
| 776 | 拍 | phah | to take (a photo); to pat, to clap | v. |
| 777 | 猫 | 'mau | cat | n. |
| 778 | 府 | fu | government office; official residence | n. |
| 779 | 伯 | pah | father's elder brother, uncle | n. |
| 780 | 层 | zen | layer; floor, storey | n. |
| 781 | 奇 | ji | strange, unusual; odd (number) | adj. |
| 782 | 聚 | ziu | to gather, to get together | v. |
| 783 | 极 | jih | extremely; pole (north or south) | adv. |
| 784 | 案 | oe | (legal) case; plan, proposal | n. |
| 785 | 笔 | pih | pen; stroke (of a character) | n. |
| 786 | 录 | loh | to record, to note down | v. |
| 787 | 绝 | zih | absolutely; to cut off, to break off | adv. |
| 788 | 哇 | ua | yes-no question particle (like Mandarin 吗); wow! | part. |
| 789 | 与 | yu | and, with | conj. |
| 790 | 隔 | kah | to separate, to partition; apart, at a distance | v. |
| 791 | 县 | yoe | county | n. |
| 792 | 床 | zaon | bed | n. |
| 793 | 夏 | gho | summer | n. |
| 794 | 境 | cin | border, boundary; circumstances | n. |
| 795 | 采 | tshe | to pick, to gather; to adopt | v. |
| 796 | 纳 | naeh | to accept, to take in; to pay (tax) | v. |
| 797 | 街 | ka | street | n. |
| 798 | 付 | fu | to pay; to hand over | v. |
| 799 | 杀 | saeh | to kill | v. |
| 800 | 糖 | daon | sugar; sweets, candy | n. |
| 801 | 军 | ciuin | army, military | n. |
| 802 | 适 | seh | comfortable (in 适意); suitable, to fit | adj. |
| 803 | 聊 | liau | to chat | v. |
| 804 | 梅 | me | plum blossom; Chinese plum | n. |
| 805 | 虽 | soe | although, even though | conj. |
| 806 | 恶 | oh | evil, wicked; fierce | adj. |
| 807 | 急 | cih | urgent; anxious, in a hurry | adj. |
| 808 | 史 | sy | history (in compounds) | n. |
| 809 | 束 | soh | to bind, to tie up; bundle | v. |
| 810 | 志 | tsy | will, ambition; sign, mark | n. |
| 811 | 此 | tshy | this; here | pron. |
| 812 | 顾 | ku | to look after, to take care of | v. |
| 813 | 架 | ka | frame, rack, shelf | n. |
| 814 | 怕 | pho | to be afraid, to fear | v. |
| 815 | 责 | tseh | responsibility, duty; to blame | n. |
| 816 | 令 | lin | order, command; to cause | n. |
| 817 | 填 | die | to fill in (a form); to fill up, to stuff | v. |
| 818 | 互 | wu | mutual, each other | adv. |
| 819 | 版 | pae | edition, version | n. |
| 820 | 初 | tshu | beginning, early part; at first | n. |
| 821 | 诉 | su | to tell; to complain, to sue | v. |
| 822 | 课 | khu | class, lesson; course | n. |
| 823 | 币 | bi | currency, money | n. |
| 824 | 订 | tin | to book, to order, to reserve; to draw up | v. |
| 825 | 淡 | dae | bland, weak in flavour; light (in colour) | adj. |
| 826 | 兰 | lae | orchid | n. |
| 827 | 器 | chi | device, appliance, instrument | n. |
| 828 | 顺 | zen | smooth, going well; to follow, along | adj. |
| 829 | 具 | jiu | tool, implement; to have, to possess | n. |
| 830 | 汇 | we | to remit (money); to converge | v. |
| 831 | 旧 | jieu | old, used; former | adj. |
| 832 | 封 | fon | to seal; classifier for letters | v. |
| 833 | 预 | yu | in advance, beforehand | adv. |
| 834 | 议 | nyi | to discuss; to propose | v. |
| 835 | 追 | tsoe | to chase, to run after; to court (someone) | v. |
| 836 | 败 | ba | to lose, to be defeated; to defeat | v. |
| 837 | 值 | zeh | to be worth; value | v. |
| 838 | 湾 | uae | bay, gulf | n. |
| 839 | 据 | ciu | according to; evidence, proof | prep. |
| 840 | 党 | taon | political party | n. |
| 841 | 密 | mih | dense, thick, close; secret | adj. |
| 842 | 敢 | koe | to dare | v. |
| 843 | 续 | zoh | to continue, to carry on | v. |
| 844 | 饿 | ngu | hungry | adj. |
| 845 | 显 | shie | to show, to appear; obvious | v. |
| 846 | 季 | ci | season; quarter (of a year) | n. |
| 847 | 索 | soh | to search out, to explore; to demand; rope | v. |
| 848 | 庄 | tsaon | often (in 常庄); village, manor | adv. |
| 849 | 健 | jie | strong, robust; healthy | adj. |
| 850 | 编 | pie | to compile, to edit; to weave, to plait | v. |
| 851 | 项 | ghaon | item (classifier for items, projects); neck | class. |
| 852 | 套 | thau | set (classifier for sets); cover, case | class. |
| 853 | 诗 | sy | poem, poetry | n. |
| 854 | 挨 | e | to be one's turn; next, in sequence | v. |
| 855 | 船 | zoe | boat, ship | n. |
| 856 | 幸 | yin | lucky, fortunate | adj. |
| 857 | 止 | tsy | to stop; to prohibit | v. |
| 858 | 余 | yu | surplus, remaining; the rest | n. |
| 859 | 未 | vi | not yet | adv. |
| 860 | 佛 | veh | Buddha; Buddhism | n. |
| 861 | 印 | in | to print; a seal, a stamp | v. |
| 862 | 检 | cie | to check, to examine | v. |
| 863 | 置 | tsy | to place, to put; to set up | v. |
| 864 | 候 | gheu | time (in 时候); climate (in 气候); to wait | v. |
| 865 | 浴 | yoh | bath, bathing (in 汏浴 'to take a bath') | n. |
| 866 | 核 | gheh | core, nucleus; pit, stone (of a fruit) | n. |
| 867 | 斗 | teu | to fight, to struggle | v. |
| 868 | 状 | zaon | state, condition; shape, form | n. |
| 869 | 局 | jioh | office, bureau; situation | n. |
| 870 | 晏 | ae | late (of the hour) | adj. |
| 871 | 棍 | kuen | formidable, intense (in 结棍); stick, rod | adj. |
| 872 | 毕 | pih | to finish, to complete | v. |
| 873 | 喃 | noe | sentence-final question particle (like Mandarin 呢) | part. |
| 874 | 稍 | sau | slightly, a little | adv. |
| 875 | 廿 | nyae | twenty | num. |
| 876 | 融 | yon | to melt; to merge, to blend | v. |
| 877 | 赤 | tshah | red; bare, naked | adj. |
| 878 | 座 | zu | seat; classifier for buildings and mountains | n. |
| 879 | 某 | meu | a certain, some | pron. |
| 880 | 罪 | zoe | crime, guilt, sin | n. |
| 881 | 左 | tsu | left | n. |
| 882 | 辛 | sin | toilsome, hard; pungent | adj. |
| 883 | 颜 | ngae | color (in 颜色); face, countenance | n. |
| 884 | 盐 | yie | salt | n. |
| 885 | 丁 | tin | diced cube of food; fourth in a series, 'D' | n. |
| 886 | 群 | jiuin | group, crowd; classifier for crowds and flocks | n. |
| 887 | 按 | oe | to press, to push | v. |
| 888 | 煞 | saeh | extremely, to death (suffix after an adjective) | part. |
| 889 | 冒 | mau | to give off, to emit; to risk | v. |
| 890 | 充 | tshon | to fill; to charge (a battery) | v. |
| 891 | 销 | siau | to sell; to cancel, to write off | v. |
| 892 | 监 | kae | to supervise; prison | v. |
| 893 | 须 | siu | must, have to; beard | adv. |
| 894 | 巨 | jiu | huge | adj. |
| 895 | 附 | vu | to attach, to append; nearby | v. |
| 896 | 镇 | tsen | town; to suppress, to calm | n. |
| 897 | 鞋 | gha | shoe | n. |
| 898 | 舞 | vu | to dance; dance | v. |
| 899 | 胖 | phaon | fat, plump | adj. |
| 900 | 甚 | zen | even, so much so that (in 甚至) | adv. |
| 901 | 粉 | fen | powder; starch noodles; pink | n. |
| 902 | 龙 | lon | dragon | n. |
| 903 | 库 | khu | warehouse, storehouse | n. |
| 904 | 薄 | boh | thin | adj. |
| 905 | 趣 | tshiu | interest; fun | n. |
| 906 | 示 | zy | to show, to indicate | v. |
| 907 | 呼 | hu | to call out, to shout; to breathe out | v. |
| 908 | 右 | yeu | right (side) | n. |
| 909 | 吉 | cih | auspicious, propitious | adj. |
| 910 | 引 | yin | to pull, to draw; to lead to | v. |
| 911 | 鬼 | kue | ghost | n. |
| 912 | 灯 | ten | lamp, light | n. |
| 913 | 汽 | chi | steam, vapor | n. |
| 914 | 碗 | uoe | bowl; a bowl of | n. |
| 915 | 甘 | koe | sweet; willing | adj. |
| 916 | 胡 | wu | recklessly, wildly | adv. |
| 917 | 武 | vu | military, martial | adj. |
| 918 | 战 | tsoe | war, battle | n. |
| 919 | 私 | sy | private, personal | adj. |
| 920 | 技 | ji | skill, technique | n. |
| 921 | 虾 | ho | shrimp, prawn | n. |
| 922 | 钱 | zie | money (the general character) | n. |
| 923 | 村 | tshen | village | n. |
| 924 | 笃 | toh | to simmer, to stew | v. |
| 925 | 餐 | tshoe | meal; classifier for meals | n. |
| 926 | 喝 | heh | to drink | v. |
| 927 | 章 | tsaon | chapter, section | n. |
| 928 | 纸 | tsy | paper | n. |
| 929 | 签 | tshie | to sign (one's name); label, tag | v. |
| 930 | 厌 | ie | to dislike, to loathe | v. |
| 931 | 惯 | kuae | to be used to, accustomed to | v. |
| 932 | 树 | zyu | tree | n. |
| 933 | 缺 | chiuih | to lack, to be short of | v. |
| 934 | 降 | kaon | to fall, to drop; to lower | v. |
| 935 | 夹 | kaeh | to press between; to pick up (with chopsticks) | v. |
| 936 | 伙 | hu | companion, partner | n. |
| 937 | 酸 | soe | sour; aching | adj. |
| 938 | 厚 | gheu | thick | adj. |
| 939 | 即 | tsih | namely, that is; at once | adv. |
| 940 | 射 | zo | to shoot | v. |
| 941 | 坚 | cie | firm, solid, hard | adj. |
| 942 | 彩 | tshe | color; brilliant, splendid | n. |
| 943 | 施 | sy | to carry out, to implement; to give, to bestow | v. |
| 944 | 宠 | tshon | to dote on, to spoil | v. |
| 945 | 警 | cin | police; to warn | n. |
| 946 | 创 | tshaon | to create, to found | v. |
| 947 | 盛 | zen | to ladle out, to serve (food); flourishing | v. |
| 948 | 档 | taon | grade, class; file, record | n. |
| 949 | 姑 | ku | girl, young woman (in 姑娘); father's sister | n. |
| 950 | 肥 | vi | fat; fertilizer | adj. |
| 951 | 支 | tsy | to support; a branch | v. |
| 952 | 端 | toe | end, extremity; to carry with both hands | n. |
| 953 | 维 | vi | to maintain, to preserve | v. |
| 954 | 怀 | we | to harbor (a feeling), to cherish; bosom | v. |
| 955 | 夷 | yi | he, she (a spelling of 伊) | pron. |
| 956 | 肚 | du | belly (in compounds) | n. |
| 957 | 宾 | pin | guest, visitor | n. |
| 958 | 滑 | waeh | slippery; to slip, to slide | adj. |
| 959 | 虎 | hu | tiger | n. |
| 960 | 妻 | tshi | wife (formal) | n. |
| 961 | 租 | tsu | to rent, to hire; rent | v. |
| 962 | 陈 | zen | a surname (Chen); to set out, to state | n. |
| 963 | 轮 | len | wheel; a round, a turn; steamship | n. |
| 964 | 寿 | zeu | long life, longevity; lifespan | n. |
| 965 | 缘 | yoe | fate, predestined affinity; edge | n. |
| 966 | 透 | theu | to penetrate, to pass through; thoroughly | v. |
| 967 | 继 | ci | to continue; to succeed to, to inherit | v. |
| 968 | 邮 | yeu | post, mail | n. |
| 969 | 登 | ten | to stay, to be at (a place); to climb, to ascend | v. |
| 970 | 冬 | ton | winter | n. |
| 971 | 输 | syu | to lose (a game, a bet); to transport | v. |
| 972 | 川 | tshoe | river (in place names: 四川, 川沙) | n. |
| 973 | 孝 | shiau | filial piety; mourning | n. |
| 974 | 己 | ci | self, oneself | pron. |
| 975 | 吓 | hah | to scare, to frighten | v. |
| 976 | 速 | soh | fast, rapid; speed | adj. |
| 977 | 岛 | tau | island | n. |
| 978 | 航 | ghaon | to sail, to navigate; flight | v. |
| 979 | 鸭 | aeh | duck | n. |
| 980 | 寄 | ci | to send, to post (a letter) | v. |
| 981 | 宋 | son | the Song dynasty; a surname (Song) | n. |
| 982 | 厅 | thin | hall; living room | n. |
| 983 | 闹 | nau | noisy, lively; to make a fuss | adj. |
| 984 | 优 | ieu | excellent, superior | adj. |
| 985 | 臭 | tsheu | smelly, stinking | adj. |
| 986 | 草 | tshau | grass; draft (of a document) | n. |
| 987 | 吸 | shih | to inhale, to suck; to absorb | v. |
| 988 | 延 | yie | to extend, to prolong; to delay | v. |
| 989 | 训 | shiuin | to train; to lecture, to admonish | v. |
| 990 | 骗 | phie | to cheat, to deceive | v. |
| 991 | 届 | ka | classifier for sessions, conferences and graduating classes | class. |
| 992 | 跌 | tih | to fall, to trip; (of prices) to drop | v. |
| 993 | 待 | de | to treat (sb); to wait; to stay | v. |
| 994 | 埃 | e | that, that one (distal) | pron. |
| 995 | 毒 | doh | poison; poisonous | n. |
| 996 | 副 | fu | deputy, vice-; classifier for sets and pairs | adj. |
| 997 | 狗 | keu | dog | n. |
| 998 | 拆 | tshah | to tear down, to demolish; to take apart | v. |
| 999 | 丰 | fon | abundant, plentiful | adj. |
| 1000 | 凉 | lian | cool; to let sth cool down | adj. |
Guides to Shanghainese
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- How Shanghainese is written, and why there’s no standard
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