Chinese word frequency

Top 10,000 Chinese words

The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.

Words 2,701–2,800

Ordered by frequency
  1. 胳膊gē boarm; CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo],雙|双[shuāng]
  2. 他人tā rénanother person; sb else; other people
  3. 俄罗斯É luó sīRussia
  4. 哥们儿gē men rerhua variant of 哥們|哥们[gē men]
  5. 异常yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
  6. 疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment
  7. 色sècolor; CL:種|种[zhǒng]
  8. 公众gōng zhòngpublic
  9. 展现zhǎn xiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
  10. 心脏病xīn zàng bìngheart disease
  11. 战士zhàn shìfighter; soldier
  12. 职责zhí zéduty; responsibility
  13. 楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
  14. 章zhāngchapter; section
  15. 大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
  16. 妞niūgirl
  17. 影yǐngpicture; image
  18. 诗shīpoem; CL:首[shǒu]
  19. 李lǐplum
  20. 整理zhěng lǐto arrange; to tidy up
  21. 斗dòuto fight; to struggle
  22. 证词zhèng cítestimony
  23. 门口mén kǒudoorway; gate
  24. 占zhānto observe; to divine
  25. 强迫qiǎng pòto compel; to force
  26. 森林sēn línforest; CL:片[piàn]
  27. 暗示àn shìto hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
  28. 注定zhù dìngto foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
  29. 前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
  30. 手臂shǒu bìarm; helper
  31. 豁免huò miǎnto exempt; exemption
  32. 呼hūto call; to cry
  33. 咱zásee 咱[zán]
  34. 当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
  35. 有空yǒu kòngto have time (to do sth)
  36. 同情tóng qíngto sympathize with; sympathy
  37. 呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell
  38. 唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
  39. 楼梯lóu tīstair; staircase
  40. 百万bǎi wànmillion
  41. 背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
  42. 下班xià bānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus, etc)
  43. 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)
  44. 救护车jiù hù chēambulance; CL:輛|辆[liàng]
  45. 比如说bǐ rú shuōfor example
  46. 法语Fǎ yǔFrench (language)
  47. 绝望jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope
  48. 侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous
  49. 全新quán xīnall new; completely new
  50. 西德Xī DéWest Germany; German Federal Republic 德意志聯邦共和國|德意志联邦共和国[Dé yì zhì Lián bāng Gòng hé guó]
  51. 野yěfield; plain
  52. 防fángto protect; to defend
  53. 模仿mó fǎngto imitate; to copy
  54. 沮丧jǔ sàngdispirited; dejected
  55. 湖húlake; CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn]
  56. 说说shuō shuoto say sth
  57. 事务所shì wù suǒbusiness office; firm
  58. 灾难zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
  59. 采访cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news
  60. 参议员cān yì yuánsenator
  61. 所在suǒ zàiplace; location
  62. 正义zhèng yìjustice; righteousness
  63. 网站wǎng zhànwebsite
  64. 评价píng jiàto evaluate; to assess
  65. 凶器xiōng qìlethal weapon; murder weapon
  66. 局长jú zhǎngbureau chief; CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
  67. 强烈qiáng lièstrong; intense
  68. 成绩chéng jìachievement; performance records
  69. 网wǎngnet; network
  70. 垒lěirampart; base (in baseball)
  71. 意味yì wèimeaning; implication
  72. 喜剧xǐ jùa comedy; CL:部[bù],齣|出[chū]
  73. 殿下diàn xiàYour Majesty (honorific); His or Her Highness
  74. 上课shàng kèto go to class; to attend class
  75. 碗wǎnbowl; cup
  76. 考kǎoto check; to verify
  77. 荣誉róng yùhonor; credit
  78. 负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back)
  79. 挣zhēngused in 掙扎|挣扎[zhēng zhá]
  80. 设计师shè jì shīdesigner; architect
  81. 否认fǒu rènto declare to be untrue; to deny
  82. 莫mòdo not; there is none who
  83. 违反wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
  84. 阶段jiē duànstage; section
  85. 什么的shén me deand so on; and so forth; and what not
  86. 商量shāng liangto consult; to talk over
  87. 出于chū yúdue to; to stem from
  88. 蒙mēng(knocked) unconscious; dazed
  89. 尼克Ní kèNick (name)
  90. 牛仔niú zǎicowboy
  91. 站住zhàn zhùto stand
  92. 香槟xiāng bīnchampagne (loanword)
  93. 艺术家yì shù jiāartist; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
  94. 克莱尔Kè lái ěrClaire (name)
  95. 技巧jì qiǎoskill; technique
  96. 欧ŌuEurope (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ōuzhōu]); surname Ou
  97. 情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion
  98. 中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
  99. 提议tí yìproposal; suggestion
  100. 每周měi zhōuevery week

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.