The most common Chinese pronouns

84pronouns

18.2%of everyday speech

#2rank of the commonest

#	Word	English	Say it	Share
2	我	I; me	wǒ	5.010%
3	你	you	nǐ	3.960%
8	他	he; him	tā	1.190%
9	我们	we; us	wǒ men	1.110%
12	这	this; these	zhè	0.860%
17	什么	what?; something	shén me	0.710%
19	她	she	tā	0.660%
26	那	that; the	nà	0.570%
34	他们	they	tā men	0.420%
45	你们	you	nǐ men	0.340%
53	这个	this	zhè ge	0.270%
54	怎么	how?; what?	zěn me	0.270%
67	这样	this kind of; so	zhè yàng	0.190%
72	自己	oneself; one's own	zì jǐ	0.170%
75	这里	here	zhè lǐ	0.160%
77	谁	who	shuí	0.160%
85	为什么	why?; for what reason?	wèi shén me	0.150%
89	这么	so much; this much	zhè me	0.150%
90	它	it	tā	0.150%
107	那个	that one; that thing	nà ge	0.120%
118	这些	these	zhè xiē	0.110%
149	一样	same; like	yī yàng	0.090%
160	那些	those	nà xiē	0.080%
161	哪	how; which	nǎ	0.080%
172	这儿	here	zhè ér	0.070%
190	一切	everything; every	yī qiè	0.060%
196	怎么样	how?; how about?	zěn me yàng	0.060%
226	那样	that kind; that sort	nà yàng	0.050%
227	大家	everyone; influential family	dà jiā	0.050%
229	您	you	nín	0.050%
233	那里	there; that place	nà lǐ	0.050%
252	任何	any; whatever	rèn hé	0.040%
253	哪儿	where?; wherever	nǎ ér	0.040%
254	这种	this kind of	zhè zhǒng	0.040%
261	其他	other; else	qí tā	0.040%
271	哪里	where?; somewhere	nǎ lǐ	0.040%
303	别人	other people; others	bié rén	0.030%
328	如何	how; what way	rú hé	0.030%
342	那儿	there	nà ér	0.030%
360	它们	they	tā men	0.030%
363	有人	someone; people	yǒu rén	0.030%
367	怎样	how; what kind	zěn yàng	0.030%
381	另	other; another	lìng	0.030%
384	她们	they; them	tā men	0.030%
385	有些	some; somewhat	yǒu xiē	0.030%
503	那边	over there; yonder	nà biān	0.020%
511	咱们	we or us spoken to); I or me	zán men	0.020%
539	别的	else; other	bié de	0.020%
683	这边	this side; here	zhè biān	0.014%
688	其中	among; in	qí zhōng	0.014%
722	啥	what (casual way of saying 什么)	shá	0.016%
763	每天	every day; everyday	měi tiān	0.012%
772	那天	that day; the other day	nà tiān	0.012%
778	那种	that kind of	nà zhǒng	0.012%
780	各位	everybody; all	gè wèi	0.012%
882	那时	then; at that time	nà shí	0.010%
964	哪个	which; who	nǎ ge	0.009%
972	其	his; her	qí	0.009%
1005	什么样	what kind?; what sort?	shén me yàng	0.009%
1009	多么	how; what	duō me	0.009%
1025	之一	one of; one out of a multitude	zhī yī	0.009%
1108	为何	why	wèi hé	0.008%
1121	有时	sometimes; now and then	yǒu shí	0.008%
1152	某	some; a certain	mǒu	0.007%
1266	其它	other	qí tā	0.007%
1328	某种	some kind	mǒu zhǒng	0.006%
1367	之类	and so on; and such	zhī lèi	0.006%
1416	自我	self-; ego	zì wǒ	0.006%
1434	彼此	each other; one another	bǐ cǐ	0.006%
1584	每次	every time	měi cì	0.005%
1625	某些	some; certain	mǒu xiē	0.005%
1707	何	what; how	hé	0.005%
1722	之中	inside; among	zhī zhōng	0.005%
1725	什	what	shén	0.005%
1860	各	each; every	gè	0.004%
1932	怎	how	zěn	0.004%
2114	某人	someone; a certain person	mǒu rén	0.003%
2336	人家	household; dwelling	rén jiā	0.003%
2558	其余	the rest; the remainder	qí yú	0.003%
2934	大伙儿	everybody; we all	dà huǒ ér	0.002%
2937	本人	oneself; the person himself	běn rén	0.002%
2938	本身	itself; in itself	běn shēn	0.002%
2939	自身	oneself; itself	zì shēn	0.002%
2940	自个儿	oneself	zì gě ér	0.002%

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