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The most common Chinese pronouns

The 84 pronouns you will meet most often in Chinese, ordered by frequency rather than by textbook chapter. Between them they account for 18.2% of everyday speech.

84pronouns
18.2%of everyday speech
#2rank of the commonest
#WordEnglishSay itShare
2我I; mewǒ5.010%
3你younǐ3.960%
8他he; himtā1.190%
9我们we; uswǒ men1.110%
12这this; thesezhè0.860%
17什么what?; somethingshén me0.710%
19她shetā0.660%
26那that; thenà0.570%
34他们theytā men0.420%
45你们younǐ men0.340%
53这个thiszhè ge0.270%
54怎么how?; what?zěn me0.270%
67这样this kind of; sozhè yàng0.190%
72自己oneself; one's ownzì jǐ0.170%
75这里herezhè lǐ0.160%
77谁whoshuí0.160%
85为什么why?; for what reason?wèi shén me0.150%
89这么so much; this muchzhè me0.150%
90它ittā0.150%
107那个that one; that thingnà ge0.120%
118这些thesezhè xiē0.110%
149一样same; likeyī yàng0.090%
160那些thosenà xiē0.080%
161哪how; whichnǎ0.080%
172这儿herezhè ér0.070%
190一切everything; everyyī qiè0.060%
196怎么样how?; how about?zěn me yàng0.060%
226那样that kind; that sortnà yàng0.050%
227大家everyone; influential familydà jiā0.050%
229您younín0.050%
233那里there; that placenà lǐ0.050%
252任何any; whateverrèn hé0.040%
253哪儿where?; wherevernǎ ér0.040%
254这种this kind ofzhè zhǒng0.040%
261其他other; elseqí tā0.040%
271哪里where?; somewherenǎ lǐ0.040%
303别人other people; othersbié rén0.030%
328如何how; what wayrú hé0.030%
342那儿therenà ér0.030%
360它们theytā men0.030%
363有人someone; peopleyǒu rén0.030%
367怎样how; what kindzěn yàng0.030%
381另other; anotherlìng0.030%
384她们they; themtā men0.030%
385有些some; somewhatyǒu xiē0.030%
503那边over there; yondernà biān0.020%
511咱们we or us spoken to); I or mezán men0.020%
539别的else; otherbié de0.020%
683这边this side; herezhè biān0.014%
688其中among; inqí zhōng0.014%
722啥what (casual way of saying 什么)shá0.016%
763每天every day; everydayměi tiān0.012%
772那天that day; the other daynà tiān0.012%
778那种that kind ofnà zhǒng0.012%
780各位everybody; allgè wèi0.012%
882那时then; at that timenà shí0.010%
964哪个which; whonǎ ge0.009%
972其his; herqí0.009%
1005什么样what kind?; what sort?shén me yàng0.009%
1009多么how; whatduō me0.009%
1025之一one of; one out of a multitudezhī yī0.009%
1108为何whywèi hé0.008%
1121有时sometimes; now and thenyǒu shí0.008%
1152某some; a certainmǒu0.007%
1266其它otherqí tā0.007%
1328某种some kindmǒu zhǒng0.006%
1367之类and so on; and suchzhī lèi0.006%
1416自我self-; egozì wǒ0.006%
1434彼此each other; one anotherbǐ cǐ0.006%
1584每次every timeměi cì0.005%
1625某些some; certainmǒu xiē0.005%
1707何what; howhé0.005%
1722之中inside; amongzhī zhōng0.005%
1725什whatshén0.005%
1860各each; everygè0.004%
1932怎howzěn0.004%
2114某人someone; a certain personmǒu rén0.003%
2336人家household; dwellingrén jiā0.003%
2558其余the rest; the remainderqí yú0.003%
2934大伙儿everybody; we alldà huǒ ér0.002%
2937本人oneself; the person himselfběn rén0.002%
2938本身itself; in itselfběn shēn0.002%
2939自身oneself; itselfzì shēn0.002%
2940自个儿oneselfzì gě ér0.002%

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