{"id":10133,"date":"2014-06-30T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=10133"},"modified":"2014-06-28T04:23:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T08:23:33","slug":"20-most-common-chinese-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/20-most-common-chinese-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Most Common Chinese Characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, I wrote about the <a title=\"100 Most Common Chinese Characters\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/100-most-common-chinese-characters\/\">100 most common Chinese characters<\/a>. While that post is certainly useful, I decided it might be more beneficial for new Chinese learners to follow along on this list with videos. This way, you can focus more on the pronunciation of these characters and learn them in groups. At the end of this five part video series, we&#8217;ll take a closer look at how to use these characters. Being able to confidently use these top 100 Chinese characters will help you out immensely in your quest to speak Chinese. For now, here are #s 1-20 in a short, easy to follow video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ggT_0rY0bNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Embedded video\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u7684 &#8211; de<br \/>\npossessive particle<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00 &#8211; y\u012b<br \/>\none<\/p>\n<p>\u662f &#8211; sh\u00ec<br \/>\nto be<\/p>\n<p>\u4e0d &#8211; b\u00f9<br \/>\nno; not<\/p>\n<p>\u4e86 &#8211; le<br \/>\npast tense marker<\/p>\n<p>\u5728 &#8211; z\u00e0i<br \/>\nin; at<\/p>\n<p>\u4eba &#8211; r\u00e9n<br \/>\npeople; person<\/p>\n<p>\u6709 &#8211; y\u01d2u<br \/>\nhave<\/p>\n<p>\u6211 &#8211; w\u01d2<br \/>\nI; me<\/p>\n<p>\u4ed6 &#8211; t\u0101<br \/>\nhe; him<\/p>\n<p>\u8fd9 &#8211; zh\u00e8<br \/>\nthis<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d &#8211; zh\u014dng<br \/>\nmiddle<\/p>\n<p>\u5927 &#8211; d\u00e0<br \/>\nbig; large<\/p>\n<p>\u6765 &#8211; l\u00e1i<br \/>\ncome<\/p>\n<p>\u4e0a &#8211; sh\u00e0ng<br \/>\non; above; up<\/p>\n<p>\u56fd &#8211; gu\u00f3<br \/>\ncountry<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2a &#8211; g\u00e8<br \/>\ngeneral measure word<\/p>\n<p>\u5230 &#8211; d\u00e0o<br \/>\narrive<\/p>\n<p>\u8bf4 &#8211; shu\u014d<br \/>\nspeak<\/p>\n<p>\u4eec &#8211; men<br \/>\nplural marker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago, I wrote about the 100 most common Chinese characters. While that post is certainly useful, I decided it might be more beneficial for new Chinese learners to follow along on this list with videos. 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