Top 10,000 Chinese words

1501. 1,501战斗zhàn dòuto fight; to engage in combat
1502. 1,502饭fàncooked rice; CL:碗[wǎn]
1503. 1,503复杂fù zácomplicated; complex
1504. 1,504脑nǎobrain; mind
1505. 1,505社会shè huìsociety; CL:個|个[gè]
1506. 1,506烦fánto feel vexed; to bother
1507. 1,507故意gù yìdeliberately; on purpose
1508. 1,508邻居lín jūneighbor; next door
1509. 1,509今年jīn niánthis year
1510. 1,510展示zhǎn shìto reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
1511. 1,511心里xīn lichest; heart; mind
1512. 1,512调diàoto transfer; to move (troops or cadres)
1513. 1,513意大利Yì dà lìItaly
1514. 1,514起诉qǐ sùto sue; to bring a lawsuit against
1515. 1,515哥gēelder brother
1516. 1,516国王guó wángking
1517. 1,517好人hǎo réngood person; healthy person
1518. 1,518长大zhǎng dàto grow up
1519. 1,519类lèikind; type
1520. 1,520交给jiāo gěito give; to deliver; to hand over
1521. 1,521瑞ruìlucky; auspicious
1522. 1,522尿niàoto urinate; urine
1523. 1,523屎shǐfeces; excrement; a stool; (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
1524. 1,524陪审团péi shěn tuánjury
1525. 1,525项目xiàng mùitem; project
1526. 1,526实话shí huàtruth
1527. 1,527集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
1528. 1,528表情biǎo qíng(facial) expression; to express one's feelings
1529. 1,529冒险mào xiǎnto take risks; to take chances
1530. 1,530好处hǎo chǔeasy to get along with
1531. 1,531格gésquare; frame
1532. 1,532左Zuǒsurname Zuo
1533. 1,533海hǎiocean; sea
1534. 1,534吸血鬼xī xuè guǐleech; bloodsucking vermin
1535. 1,535胜利shèng lìvictory; CL:個|个[gè]
1536. 1,536竟然jìng ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise
1537. 1,537普通pǔ tōngcommon; ordinary
1538. 1,538官guāngovernment official; governmental
1539. 1,539直zhístraight; to straighten
1540. 1,540表示biǎo shì(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
1541. 1,541印象yìn xiàngimpression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
1542. 1,542出生chū shēngto be born
1543. 1,543进展jìn zhǎnto make headway; to make progress
1544. 1,544估计gū jìto estimate; to assess; to calculate; (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...)
1545. 1,545乐lèhappy; cheerful
1546. 1,546地点dì diǎnplace; site
1547. 1,547经理jīng lǐmanager; director
1548. 1,548乐意lè yìto be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth
1549. 1,549轻松qīng sōnglight; gentle
1550. 1,550作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
1551. 1,551举jǔto lift; to hold up
1552. 1,552右yòu(bound form) right; right-hand side; (bound form) (politics) right of center
1553. 1,553安ān(bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease
1554. 1,554期待qī dàito look forward to; to awaitIn context
1555. 1,555小伙子xiǎo huǒ ziyoung man; young guy
1556. 1,556师shīteacher; master
1557. 1,557保险bǎo xiǎninsurance; to insure
1558. 1,558天使tiān shǐangel
1559. 1,559落làto leave out; to be missing
1560. 1,560单独dān dúalone; by oneself
1561. 1,561录lùto carve wood
1562. 1,562难以置信nán yǐ zhì xìnhard to believe; incredible
1563. 1,563反fǎncontrary; in reverse
1564. 1,564队长duì zhǎngcaptain; team leader
1565. 1,565理lǐtexture; grain (of wood)
1566. 1,566著名zhù míngfamous; noted
1567. 1,567日本Rì běnJapan
1568. 1,568专家zhuān jiāexpert; specialist
1569. 1,569为止wéi zhǐuntil; (used in combination with words like 到[dào] or 至[zhì] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
1570. 1,570具jùtool; device
1571. 1,571墨西哥Mò xī gēMexico
1572. 1,572旅馆lǚ guǎnhotel; CL:家[jiā]
1573. 1,573邪恶xié èsinister; vicious
1574. 1,574赶快gǎn kuàiquickly; at once
1575. 1,575不知bù zhīnot to know; unaware
1576. 1,576更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
1577. 1,577层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum
1578. 1,578挖wāto dig; to excavate
1579. 1,579好几hǎo jǐseveral; quite a few
1580. 1,580免费miǎn fèifree (of charge)
1581. 1,581风格fēng géstyle
1582. 1,582伤心shāng xīnto grieve; to be broken-hearted
1583. 1,583每次měi cìevery time
1584. 1,584追踪zhuī zōngto follow a trail; to trace
1585. 1,585报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
1586. 1,586式shìtype; form
1587. 1,587机器jī qìmachine; CL:臺|台[tái],部[bù],個|个[gè]
1588. 1,588塞sāito stop up; to squeeze in
1589. 1,589解雇jiě gùto fire; to sack
1590. 1,590颜色yán sècolor; countenance
1591. 1,591好莱坞Hǎo lái wùHollywood
1592. 1,592无关wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
1593. 1,593时光shí guāngtime; era
1594. 1,594记者jì zhěreporter; journalist; CL:個|个[gè]
1595. 1,595尽快jǐn kuàias quickly as possible; as soon as possible
1596. 1,596方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.)
1597. 1,597价值jià zhívalue; worth
1598. 1,598仔细zǐ xìcareful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out
1599. 1,599巧克力qiǎo kè lìchocolate (loanword); CL:塊|块[kuài]
1600. 1,600女生nǚ shēngschoolgirl; female student

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.