Chinese word frequency

Top 1,000 Chinese words

The 1,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.

Words 701–800

Ordered by frequency
  1. 抓住zhuā zhùto grab hold of; to capture
  2. 记录jì lùto record; record (written account)
  3. 点儿diǎn rerhua variant of 點|点[diǎn]
  4. 老兄lǎo xiōngelder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap
  5. 来自lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
  6. 越yuèto exceed; to climb over
  7. 大学dà xuéuniversity; college
  8. 照顾zhào guto take care of; to show consideration
  9. 太太tài taimarried woman; Mrs.
  10. 本来běn láioriginal; originally
  11. 聪明cōng mingintelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
  12. 加油jiā yóuto add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas
  13. 实际上shí jì shàngin fact; in reality
  14. 甜tiánsweet
  15. 怕pàto be afraid; to fear
  16. 多久duō jiǔ(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
  17. 并且bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
  18. 直接zhí jiēdirect (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jiàn jiē]); immediate
  19. 对于duì yúregarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
  20. 记jìto record; to note
  21. 啥shádialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shén me]; also pr. [shà]
  22. 突然tū ránsudden; abrupt; unexpected
  23. 开枪kāi qiāngto open fire; to shoot a gun
  24. 声shēngsound; voice
  25. 除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when
  26. 集jíto gather; to collect
  27. 店diàninn; old-style hotel (CL:家[jiā]); (bound form) shop; store
  28. 酷kùruthless; strong (e.g. of wine)
  29. 正常zhèng chángregular; normal
  30. 死亡sǐ wángto die; death
  31. 终于zhōng yúat last; in the endIn context
  32. 拥有yōng yǒuto have; to possess
  33. 船chuánboat; vessel
  34. 警jǐngto alert; to warn
  35. 付fùto pay; to hand over to
  36. 派对pài duìparty (loanword)
  37. 遍biàneverywhere; all over
  38. 步bùa step; a pace
  39. 不再bù zàino more; no longer
  40. 鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
  41. 咖啡kā fēicoffee (loanword); CL:杯[bēi]
  42. 傻shǎfoolish
  43. 阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent; to block
  44. 想象xiǎng xiàngto imagine; to envision; imagination
  45. 冷静lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
  46. 方法fāng fǎmethod; way; means; CL:個|个[gè]
  47. 扔rēngto throw; to throw away
  48. 犯fànto violate; to offend
  49. 祝zhùto pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)
  50. 能力néng lìcapability; ability
  51. 完美wán měiperfect
  52. 克kèto be able to; to subdue
  53. 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
  54. 目标mù biāotarget; goal
  55. 耶yē(phonetic ye)
  56. 日rìsun; day
  57. 有关yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
  58. 精神jīng shénspirit; mind
  59. 另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
  60. 放松fàng sōngto relax; to slacken; to loosen
  61. 丢diūto lose; to put aside
  62. 休息xiū xirest; to restIn context
  63. 每天měi tiānevery day; everyday
  64. 回答huí dáto reply; to answer; reply; answer
  65. 凶手xiōng shǒumurderer; assassin
  66. 命mìnglife; fate
  67. 负责fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
  68. 外wàioutside; in addition
  69. 碰pèngto touch; to meet with
  70. 介意jiè yìto care about; to take offense
  71. 梦mèngdream (CL:場|场[cháng],個|个[gè]); (bound form) to dream
  72. 那天nà tiānthat day; the other day
  73. 睡觉shuì jiàoto go to bed; to sleep
  74. 系统xì tǒngsystem; CL:個|个[gè]
  75. 滚gǔnto boil; to roll
  76. 谋杀móu shāto murder; to assassinate
  77. 礼物lǐ wùgift; present; CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
  78. 戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect
  79. 那种nà zhǒngthat kind of
  80. 各位gè wèieverybody; all (guests, colleagues etc)
  81. 错误cuò wùmistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake
  82. 子zǐson; child
  83. 随便suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases
  84. 头发tóu fahair (on the head)
  85. 藏cángto conceal; to hide away
  86. 关心guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about
  87. 底de(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
  88. 干吗gàn másee 幹嘛|干嘛[gàn má]
  89. 兴趣xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
  90. 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
  91. 报告bào gàoto inform; to report
  92. 从没cóng méinever (in the past); never did
  93. 替tìto substitute for; to take the place of
  94. 面miànface; side
  95. 经历jīng lìexperience; CL:個|个[gè],次[cì]
  96. 六liùsix; 6
  97. 飞fēito fly
  98. 老师lǎo shīteacher; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
  99. 气qìgas; air; smell
  100. 不用bù yòngneed not

Based on SUBTLEX-CH film and TV subtitles. These lists include words with an exact simplified-spelling match in CC-CEDICT. Positions count dictionary entries; the original corpus rank is shown on each word’s page. Words with equal counts are ordered by spelling. Frequency here describes these subtitles, not every kind of Chinese.