Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 3,001–3,100
Ordered by frequency- 讽刺to satirize; to mock
- 侮辱to insult; to humiliate
- 凌晨very early in the morning; in the wee hours
- 校to check; to collate; to proofread
- 海岸coastal; seacoast
- 齐neat; even
- 晋级to advance in rank; promotion
- 直觉intuition
- 作出to put out; to come up with
- 兹now; here
- 古ancient; old
- 保罗Paul
- 废物rubbish; waste material; useless person
- 暴露to expose; to reveal
- 绅士gentleman
- 虫子insect; bug
- 台词an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
- 公民citizen
- 地盘domain; territory under one's control
- 抓紧to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to
- 看起来seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 鸡蛋(chicken) egg; hen's egg
- 残忍cruel; mean
- 关上to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
- 孩儿child
- 摄像头webcam; surveillance camera
- 播to sow; to scatter
- 造型to model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose
- 不论whatever; no matter what (who, how etc)
- 圆circle; round
- 对话to talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
- 沉默taciturn; uncommunicative
- 详细detailed; in detail
- 严肃(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting
- 嫌疑犯a suspect
- 神圣divine; hallow
- 迹象sign; indication; mark; indicator
- 钻to drill; to bore
- 度假to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
- 探长(police) detective
- 整整whole; full
- 空中in the sky; in the air
- 航空aviation
- 仓库depot; storehouse
- 开火to open fire
- 吉他guitar (loanword); CL:把[bǎ]
- 码头dock; pier
- 庭main hall; front courtyard
- 散scattered; loose
- 随着along with; in the wake of
- 顺to obey; to follow
- 巧合coincidence; coincidental
- 女子woman; female
- 怀bosom; heart
- 称呼to call; to address as; form of address; appellation
- 配合matching; fitting in with
- 具有to have; to possess
- 刚好just; exactly
- 大不了at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
- 本人I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
- 忏悔to repent; (religion) to confess
- 明早tomorrow morning; tomorrow
- 自行车bicycle; bike; CL:輛|辆[liàng]
- 补偿to compensate; to make up
- 跟着to follow after; immediately afterwards
- 喜to be fond of; to like
- 休to rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time
- 标志sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
- 犹太the Jews; Judea
- 现to appear; present
- 逗to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke
- 患to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease)
- 汉堡(loanword) hamburger
- 狗屁bullshit; nonsense
- 蜘蛛spider
- 冲动to have an urge; to be impetuous
- 带子belt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape
- 着急to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
- 亲眼with one's own eyes; personally
- 演奏to perform on a musical instrument
- 善good (virtuous); benevolent
- 富有rich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with
- 封面cover (of a publication)
- 幻觉illusion; hallucination
- 缠to wind around; to wrap round
- 羊sheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tóu],隻|只[zhī]
- 赚钱to earn money; moneymaking
- 偷偷stealthily; secretly
- 周六Saturday
- 城堡castle; rook (chess piece)
- 对抗to withstand; to resist
- 蛮barbarian; bullying
- 巧opportunely; coincidentally
- 降落to descend; to land
- 平常ordinary; common
- 按摩massage; to massage
- 摇to shake; to rock
- 本身itself; in itself
- 杀人犯murderer; homicide
- 疑犯a suspect
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.
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