The Most Common Traditional Chinese Words
Traditional Chinese words ranked 3,801–3,900 by frequency. Continue from where the previous page left off.
Traditional words, ranks 3,801–3,900
29,947 words · page 39 of 300- #3,802被告ㄅㄟˋ ㄍㄠˋlaw: the defendant; the accused; the party sued or charged in a court case.
- #3,803地址ㄉㄧˋ ㄓˇaddress; location for residence or correspondence; mailing or physical address.
- #3,804伴侶ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄩˇcompanion; mate; partner; spouse or romantic partner; close companion in life
- #3,805添加ㄊㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄚto add; to increase; to put in or include something extra
- #3,806陛下ㄅㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋYour Majesty; His or Her Majesty; a respectful form of address for a sovereign or ruler
- #3,807分開ㄈㄣ ㄎㄞto separate; to part; to go different ways; to split up
- #3,808潮流ㄔㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊtide; current; trend; prevailing tendency in fashion, public opinion, or social attitudes
- #3,809增進ㄗㄥ ㄐㄧㄣˋto promote; to enhance; to further; to advance (a cause, relationship, etc); to increase.
- #3,810致詞ㄓˋ ㄘˊto deliver a speech; to make remarks; to give an address at a gathering
- #3,811變得ㄅㄧㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜto become; to turn into; to grow or come to be (a different state or condition)
- #3,812農產品ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄔㄢˇ ㄆㄧㄣˇagricultural produce; farm products; crops and goods produced by agriculture.
- #3,813好朋友ㄏㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇgood friend; close companion; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstruation)
- #3,814東部ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄨˋthe east; eastern part; the eastern part of a region
- #3,815急救ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋemergency treatment; first aid; immediate care for sudden illness or injury
- #3,816審判ㄕㄣˇ ㄆㄢˋa trial; to try someone in court; Kafka's novel The Trial (1926), about a man arrested and condemned without knowing his crime
- #3,817代替ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄧˋto replace; to take the place of; to substitute for.
- #3,818讚美ㄗㄢˋ ㄇㄟˇto praise; to express admiration; to eulogize; to speak highly of someone or something
- #3,819維修ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄡmaintenance; repair; to maintain and fix equipment or machinery; upkeep of devices, systems, or infrastructure.
- #3,820美術ㄇㄟˇ ㄕㄨˋart; fine arts; visual arts such as painting and sculpture; sometimes includes architecture, poetry, and music
- #3,821漢人ㄏㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊHan Chinese; an ethnic group native to China; the largest ethnic group in mainland China and Taiwan.
- #3,822攝取ㄕㄜˋ ㄑㄩˇto absorb; to take in (nutrients, information, etc); intake; to take a photograph of a scene
- #3,823子孫ㄗˇ ㄙㄨㄣoffspring; descendants; posterity; future generations
- #3,824住宿ㄓㄨˋ ㄙㄨˋlodging; accommodation; a place to stay overnight; to stay somewhere temporarily.
- #3,825心思ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙthoughts; ideas; what one is thinking; mental effort or attention; inclination; mood; interest or intention behind something.
- #3,826糾紛ㄐㄧㄡ ㄈㄣdispute; disagreement; conflict; entanglement; a complicated quarrel or unresolved contention
- #3,827戰鬥ㄓㄢˋ ㄉㄡˋto fight; to engage in combat; a battle; a struggle; armed conflict; a fight
- #3,828藍營ㄌㄢˊ ㄧㄥˊthe pan-blue camp; political coalition led by the Kuomintang (KMT) and allied parties in Taiwan.
- #3,829觀光客ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄎㄜˋtourist; a person who travels to other places for sightseeing or visiting
- #3,830樂器musical instrument; any device used to produce music, such as keyboards, strings, wind, or percussion instruments.
- #3,831腦海ㄋㄠˇ ㄏㄞˇthe mind; the brain; the seat of memory, perception, and thought, likened to a vast sea.
- #3,832心力ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄧˋmental and physical effort; energy and concentration devoted to a task; mental exertion.
- #3,833倘若ㄊㄤˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋif; supposing; in case — introduces a hypothetical or conditional clause.
- #3,834職位ㄓˊ ㄨㄟˋa position or post; a job role; a designated post within an organization; a staffing slot in an organizational structure
- #3,835早晨ㄗㄠˇ ㄔㄣˊearly morning; the time around dawn or shortly after sunrise.
- #3,836臺北ㄊㄞˊ ㄅㄟˇTaipei; capital city of Taiwan; major political, economic, and cultural center in northern Taiwan.
- #3,837板橋ㄅㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄠˊa wooden plank bridge; a place name for a district in New Taipei City, Taiwan; the courtesy name of Qing dynasty painter Zheng Xie.
- #3,838行李ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˇluggage; baggage; suitcases and bags carried when traveling; (archaic) traveler, messenger
- #3,839高階ㄍㄠ ㄐㄧㄝhigh-level; advanced; sophisticated; not simple or basic.
- #3,840萬物ㄨㄢˋ ㄨˋall things; everything that exists; the whole of creation; all objects and beings in the universe.
- #3,841相當於ㄒㄧㄤ ㄉㄤ ㄩˊequivalent to; equal to; roughly the same as; comparable to
- #3,842失蹤ㄕ ㄗㄨㄥto be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown.
- #3,843找回ㄓㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄟˊto retrieve; to get back; to recover something lost or missing
- #3,844損害ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄏㄞˋharm; damage; injury; to cause loss or impairment to something or someone
- #3,845五百ㄨˇ ㄅㄛˊfive hundred; an ancient military officer commanding five soldiers; an ancient household-registry official managing five households; a local government runner or soldier.
- #3,846中正ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄥˋfair and honest; impartial; upright; also the adopted name of Chiang Kai-shek
- #3,847許可ㄒㄩˇ ㄎㄜˇto permit; to allow; to give authorization or consent for something.
- #3,848出動ㄔㄨ ㄉㄨㄥˋto set out; to start moving; to deploy; to dispatch (troops, personnel, or resources).
- #3,849半夜ㄅㄢˋ ㄧㄝˋmidnight; the middle of the night; late at night; the small hours
- #3,850工商ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕㄤindustry and commerce; business and industrial sectors; commercial and manufacturing activities
- #3,851來自於ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋ ㄩˊcomes from; originates from; derived from; (of a person, thing, or idea) has its source or beginning in a particular place, cause, or background.
- #3,852牆壁ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋwall; a vertical structure that encloses or divides an area, typically made of brick, stone, or concrete.
- #3,853上百ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄞˇhundreds of; several hundred; used to indicate a large approximate number in the hundreds.
- #3,854巴西ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧBrazil; a country in South America; occupies most of the eastern part of the continent; borders every South American nation except Chile and Ecuador; capital Brasília; Portuguese-speaking.
- #3,855參訪ㄘㄢ ㄈㄤˇto visit; to pay a visit; to tour and learn from (an institution, organization, etc.)
- #3,856抗戰ㄎㄤˋ ㄓㄢˋwar of resistance; especially the War of Resistance against Japan (1937–1945)
- #3,857家園ㄐㄧㄚ ㄩㄢˊhome; homeland; hometown; native place; family garden or courtyard (Taiwan usage).
- #3,858撰寫ㄓㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇto write; to compose (a text, article, or document).
- #3,859終身ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣlifelong; all one's life; marriage (Taiwan usage)
- #3,860伴隨ㄅㄢˋ ㄙㄨㄟˊto accompany; to go along with; to occur together with; to follow
- #3,861行走ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄡˇto walk; to move around; to travel between places; (historical, Qing dynasty) a non‑permanent court attendant.
- #3,862動物園ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄨˋ ㄩㄢˊzoo; a place where various animals are kept for public viewing, research, or education.
- #3,863部會ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋgovernment ministries and their directly affiliated agencies; central government departments and subordinate bodies.
- #3,864上山ㄕㄤˋ ㄕㄢto go up a mountain; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw to spin cocoons; to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise
- #3,865大王ㄉㄚˋ ㄨㄤˊking; monarch; ruler; magnate; person highly skilled in something; (in opera or old stories) bandit chief, robber baron
- #3,866原理ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇprinciple; theory; the fundamental basis or reason behind something; underlying rule or truth
- #3,867接納ㄐㄧㄝ ㄋㄚˋto accept; to admit (to membership); to take in; to recruit; to take on.
- #3,868白宮ㄅㄞˊ ㄍㄨㄥthe White House; the official residence and workplace of the U.S. president in Washington, D.C.; often used as a metonym for the U.S. president and their administration.
- #3,869倉庫ㄘㄤ ㄎㄨˋwarehouse; storehouse; depot; a building or room for storing goods.
- #3,870工作室ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋstudio; workshop; a small workspace for specialized technical or artistic work, often run by an individual or a small team.
- #3,871通往ㄊㄨㄥ ㄨㄤˇto lead to; to go toward; to provide access to a place or destination
- #3,872上場ㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄤˊto go on stage; to take the field; to enter the arena; to begin performing or competing
- #3,873停下來ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊto stop moving or doing something; to come to a halt; to pause
- #3,874我方ㄨㄛˇ ㄈㄤour side; we; the party or group to which the speaker belongs.
- #3,875吳敦義ㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄣ ㄧˋWu Den-yih; Taiwanese politician; former Vice President of the Republic of China (Taiwan); former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT).
- #3,876行情ㄏㄤˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊmarket price; current market situation; general trading price of goods on the market; (by extension) one's market value or worth
- #3,877中油ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄡˊCPC Corporation, a state-owned petroleum company in Taiwan; (in Taiwan) petroleum products obtained from refining crude oil.
- #3,878珍珠ㄓㄣ ㄓㄨpearl; a round, lustrous gem formed inside a mollusk; also used figuratively for something precious or tear-shaped, like a teardrop.
- #3,879重心ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄣcenter of gravity; the central core or main part of something; the point where weight is evenly balanced.
- #3,880老爺ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄧㄝlord; master; respectful address for officials or gentry; (coll.) maternal grandfather; husband (wife's address); (historical) honorific for juren degree holders
- #3,881歧視ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋto treat someone unfairly because of their identity; prejudice or bias against a group; discrimination
- #3,882難度ㄋㄢˊ ㄉㄨˋdegree of difficulty; level of difficulty; how hard something is
- #3,883反抗ㄈㄢˇ ㄎㄤˋto resist; to rebel; to oppose unjust or oppressive constraints.
- #3,884左手ㄗㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄡˇleft hand; left-hand side; left side
- #3,885邁入ㄇㄞˋ ㄖㄨˋto step into; to enter a new stage or phase; to move into a new period or situation.
- #3,886大致ㄉㄚˋ ㄓˋmore or less; roughly, approximately; the general idea or gist of something
- #3,887號碼ㄏㄠˋ ㄇㄚˇnumber; a sequence of digits used for identification, such as a phone number or account number.
- #3,888繁榮ㄈㄢˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊprosperous; thriving; flourishing; (of an economy, business, or place) booming
- #3,889筆記ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧˋnotes; written record of something observed or learned; a literary genre of short informal essays or jottings
- #3,890查出ㄔㄚˊ ㄔㄨto find out; to discover; to uncover (a fact, problem, or hidden information)
- #3,891假裝ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄤto pretend; to feign; to act as if something is true when it is not
- #3,892留下來ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊto stay; to remain (in a place); to keep something for later; to leave behind (a legacy, impression, etc.)
- #3,893拓展ㄊㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄢˇto expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory, etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity
- #3,894保有ㄅㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇto hold; to possess; to retain; to keep in one's possession.
- #3,895行經ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥto pass by; menstruation
- #3,896特點ㄊㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇa distinguishing feature or characteristic; a notable trait; a special point or quality that sets something apart
- #3,897誠實ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˊhonest; sincere; truthful; not deceitful.
- #3,898轉為ㄓㄨㄢˇ ㄨㄟˋto change into; to shift to; to turn into; to convert to; to transform into.
- #3,899天堂ㄊㄧㄢ ㄊㄤˊheaven; paradise; a blissful or ideal place; in physiognomy, the forehead area above the brow.
- #3,900忽視ㄏㄨ ㄕˋto ignore; to disregard; to neglect; to overlook; to pay no attention to
- #3,901路人ㄌㄨˋ ㄖㄣˊpasser-by; stranger; unrelated person; someone with no connection to a situation.
Frequency is derived from the COCT 通用詞頻表, a traditional-script word-frequency corpus published by Taiwan's National Academy for Educational Research. Every entry links to its full page — reading, meaning, and the characters that make it up.