Mandarin Chinese Frequency Dictionary 2 - Intermediate Vocabulary

Intermediate Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary List: 2501-5000 Most Common Mandarin Chinese Words

This book is a follow-up of the Mandarin Chinese Frequency Dictionary - Essential Vocabulary. 

This book expands on the Mandarin Chinese word list of the first book in the Mandarin Chinese learning series. You will improve your vocabulary from about CEFR A2+ up to CEFR B2+ level. This frequency dictionary is intended for intermediate Mandarin Chinese students. 

If you know the 5000 most common Mandarin Chinese words, you will have a vocabulary similar to an adult native speaker who finished high-school.

You can express yourself with ease, and go about your daily life effortlessly. Shopping, small talk, and regular conversations are easy enough for you. You can read and understand virtually all radio and TV shows, websites, and the newspaper. Reading literature is still challenging, and discussing technical issues in-depth will have you looking for words. 

In technical terms: you can understand 89% of all spoken Mandarin Chinese and 85% of all written Mandarin Chinese.

You don't have to have read the 1st book in the series to enjoy this frequency dictionary. Any intermediate Mandarin Chinese learner will benefit from this book.

You can use this book as a stand-alone Mandarin Chinese course. You can also use it together with any other intermediate Mandarin Chinese lessons, courses or methods.

This book contains the 2501 to 5000 most common Mandarin Chinese words. The Mandarin Chinese word list is presented to you in a neatly organized manner.

• intermediate Mandarin Chinese vocabulary, with English translation(s).

• Mandarin Chinese words ranked by general frequency and alphabet.

• Frequency as part of speech (the most used adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc.)

• Mandarin Chinese to English example sentences.

• Phonetic spelling of Mandarin Chinese words (IPA phonetic transcriptions)

What is Inside This Mandarin Chinese Dictionary?

The basis of this dictionary consisted of over 1 million words. All raw data has been lemmatized and cleaned. We do not list conjugations of verbs and adjectives as separate entries. This book only lists only the root word, just like in a regular dictionary.

This Mandarin Chinese word list for intermediate students can roughly be divided into three sections:

• 2500 Mandarin Chinese words, ranked by general frequency.
• Frequency lists by part of speech: 
• list of adjectives in Mandarin Chinese
• list of adverbs in Mandarin Chinese
• list of conjunctions in Mandarin Chinese
• list of prepositions in Mandarin Chinese
• list of pronouns Mandarin Chinese
• list of nouns in Mandarin Chinese
• list of common Mandarin Chinese verbs
•  2,500 Mandarin Chinese words in alphabetical order.

Mandarin Chinese pronunciation can be challenging. We added phonetic transcriptions of Mandarin Chinese words, so you know how to pronounce Mandarin Chinese words right. The phonetic spelling of words is done with the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Intermediate Mandarin Chinese: Summary

The Mandarin Chinese Frequency Dictionary 2 – Intermediate Vocabulary gives you a high-frequency word list to learn intermediate Mandarin Chinese. Study the most used words to expand your Mandarin Chinese vocabulary rapidly. 

These high-frequency words are an excellent tool for intermediate Mandarin Chinese lessons.

This word list roughly covers CEFR vocabulary ratings from A2+ (advanced beginner) to B2+ (independent user).

Genre: Foreign Language Study.

Paperback and hardcover: pre-order

The print editions are 6 x 9 inch (15.2 x 22.9 cm), approximately 216 pages each. You can pre-order them now. They are expected to ship in Q1 2027. You pay at checkout and your copy ships as soon as printing is complete. The e-book is a separate option on this page.