Top 10,000 Chinese words

1601. 1,601挑tiāoto carry on a shoulder pole; to choose
1602. 1,602辣làhot (spicy); pungent
1603. 1,603互相hù xiāngeach other; mutually
1604. 1,604切qiēto cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential
1605. 1,605招zhāoto recruit; to provoke
1606. 1,606墙qiángwall (CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]); (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bèi qiáng])
1607. 1,607炸zháto deep fry; (coll.) to blanch (a vegetable)
1608. 1,608流liúto flow; to disseminate
1609. 1,609厕所cè suǒtoilet; lavatory; CL:間|间[jiān],處|处[chù]
1610. 1,610无辜wú gūinnocent; innocence
1611. 1,611彻底chè dǐthorough; thoroughly
1612. 1,612搭dāto put up; to build (scaffolding)
1613. 1,613相xiāngeach other; one another
1614. 1,614权quánauthority; power
1615. 1,615翻fānto turn over; to flip over
1616. 1,616摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit
1617. 1,617过程guò chéngcourse of events; process
1618. 1,618上次shàng cìlast time
1619. 1,619申请shēn qǐngto apply for sth; application form (CL:份[fèn])
1620. 1,620压yāto press; to push down
1621. 1,621烤kǎoto roast; to grill; to broil; to bake; to toast (bread); to warm oneself by a fire
1622. 1,622请求qǐng qiúto request; to ask; request (CL:個|个[gè])
1623. 1,623原yuánformer; original
1624. 1,624圣诞节Shèng dàn jiéChristmas time; Christmas season
1625. 1,625人民rén mínthe people; CL:個|个[gè]
1626. 1,626某些mǒu xiēsome; certain (things)
1627. 1,627恐惧kǒng jùto be frightened; fear
1628. 1,628命运mìng yùnfate; destiny; CL:個|个[gè]
1629. 1,629谈论tán lùnto discuss; to talk about
1630. 1,630小组xiǎo zǔgroup
1631. 1,631引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
1632. 1,632发展fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
1633. 1,633分子fēn zǐmolecule; (math) numerator of a fraction
1634. 1,634白人bái rénwhite man or woman; Caucasian
1635. 1,635惊讶jīng yàamazed; astonished
1636. 1,636灯dēnglamp; light
1637. 1,637桌子zhuō zitable; desk
1638. 1,638巴bāto long for; to wish
1639. 1,639毕业bì yègraduation; to graduate
1640. 1,640练习liàn xíto practice; exercise
1641. 1,641黑暗hēi àndark; darkly
1642. 1,642事业shì yèundertaking; project
1643. 1,643机场jī chǎngairport; airfield; (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship
1644. 1,644稍shāosomewhat; a little
1645. 1,645仅jǐnbarely; only
1646. 1,646不可思议bù kě - sī yì(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
1647. 1,647结jiē(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié]
1648. 1,648爷爷yé ye(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather
1649. 1,649厨房chú fángkitchen; CL:間|间[jiān]
1650. 1,650正式zhèng shìformal; official
1651. 1,651特殊tè shūspecial; particular
1652. 1,652扯chěto pull; to tear
1653. 1,653专业zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
1654. 1,654老实lǎo shihonest; sincere; well-behaved
1655. 1,655晚饭wǎn fànevening meal; dinner
1656. 1,656吸引xī yǐnto attract; to appeal to; to fascinate
1657. 1,657士兵shì bīngsoldier; CL:個|个[gè]
1658. 1,658年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
1659. 1,659蓝lánblue; indigo plant
1660. 1,660以来yǐ láisince (a previous event)
1661. 1,661心情xīn qíngmood; frame of mind; CL:個|个[gè]
1662. 1,662难过nán guòto feel sad; to feel unwell
1663. 1,663型xíngmold; type
1664. 1,664呐nàbattle cry
1665. 1,665报bàoto announce; to inform
1666. 1,666制造zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
1667. 1,667屋子wū zihouse; room
1668. 1,668全都quán dōuall; without exception
1669. 1,669打赌dǎ dǔto bet; to make a bet
1670. 1,670中间zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among
1671. 1,671退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth)
1672. 1,672唱歌chàng gēto sing a song
1673. 1,673冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face
1674. 1,674伦敦Lún dūnLondon, capital of United Kingdom
1675. 1,675至zhìto arrive; most
1676. 1,676特工tè gōngsecret service; special service
1677. 1,677镇zhènto press down; to calm
1678. 1,678停车tíng chēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
1679. 1,679奖jiǎngprize; award
1680. 1,680雇gùto employ; to hire
1681. 1,681冰bīngice; CL:塊|块[kuài]
1682. 1,682回头huí tóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
1683. 1,683戒指jiè zhi(finger) ring
1684. 1,684洞dòngcave; hole
1685. 1,685祝贺zhù hèto congratulate; congratulations
1686. 1,686案件àn jiàncase; instance
1687. 1,687条件tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification
1688. 1,688作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus
1689. 1,689若rěused in 般若[bōrě]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lánrě]
1690. 1,690手里shǒu lǐin hand; (a situation is) in sb's hands
1691. 1,691爱上ài shàngto fall in love with; to be in love with
1692. 1,692则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm
1693. 1,693千万qiān wànten million; countless
1694. 1,694档案dàng ànfile; record; archive
1695. 1,695去世qù shìto pass away; to die
1696. 1,696靠近kào jìnto be close to; to approach; to draw near
1697. 1,697应yīngto agree (to do sth); should
1698. 1,698饼bǐnground flat cake; cookie
1699. 1,699规则guī zérule; regulation
1700. 1,700接到jiē dàoto receive (letter etc)

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.