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 3,001–3,100

Ordered by frequency
  1. 讽刺fěng cìto satirize; to mock
  2. 侮辱wǔ rǔto insult; to humiliate
  3. 凌晨líng chénvery early in the morning; in the wee hours
  4. 校jiàoto check; to collate; to proofread
  5. 海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
  6. 齐qíneat; even
  7. 晋级jìn jíto advance in rank; promotion
  8. 直觉zhí juéintuition
  9. 作出zuò chūto put out; to come up with
  10. 兹zīnow; here
  11. 古gǔancient; old
  12. 保罗Bǎo luóPaul
  13. 废物fèi wùrubbish; waste material; useless person
  14. 暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal
  15. 绅士shēn shìgentleman
  16. 虫子chóng ziinsect; bug
  17. 台词tái cían actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word
  18. 公民gōng míncitizen
  19. 地盘dì pándomain; territory under one's control
  20. 抓紧zhuā jǐnto keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to
  21. 看起来kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
  22. 鸡蛋jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
  23. 残忍cán rěncruel; mean
  24. 关上guān shàngto close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)
  25. 孩儿hái rchild
  26. 摄像头shè xiàng tóuwebcam; surveillance camera
  27. 播bōto sow; to scatter
  28. 造型zào xíngto model; to shape; appearance; style; design; form; pose
  29. 不论bù lùnwhatever; no matter what (who, how etc)
  30. 圆yuáncircle; round
  31. 对话duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
  32. 沉默chén mòtaciturn; uncommunicative
  33. 详细xiáng xìdetailed; in detail
  34. 严肃yán sù(of an atmosphere etc) solemn; grave; serious; (of a manner etc) earnest; severe; exacting
  35. 嫌疑犯xián yí fàna suspect
  36. 神圣shén shèngdivine; hallow
  37. 迹象jì xiàngsign; indication; mark; indicator
  38. 钻zuānto drill; to bore
  39. 度假dù jiàto go on holidays; to spend one's vacation
  40. 探长tàn zhǎng(police) detective
  41. 整整zhěng zhěngwhole; full
  42. 空中kōng zhōngin the sky; in the air
  43. 航空háng kōngaviation
  44. 仓库cāng kùdepot; storehouse
  45. 开火kāi huǒto open fire
  46. 吉他jí tāguitar (loanword); CL:把[bǎ]
  47. 码头mǎ tóudock; pier
  48. 庭tíngmain hall; front courtyard
  49. 散sǎnscattered; loose
  50. 随着suí zhealong with; in the wake of
  51. 顺shùnto obey; to follow
  52. 巧合qiǎo hécoincidence; coincidental
  53. 女子nǚ zǐwoman; female
  54. 怀huáibosom; heart
  55. 称呼chēng huto call; to address as; form of address; appellation
  56. 配合pèi hématching; fitting in with
  57. 具有jù yǒuto have; to possess
  58. 刚好gāng hǎojust; exactly
  59. 大不了dà bù liǎoat worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
  60. 本人běn rénI; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned
  61. 忏悔chàn huǐto repent; (religion) to confess
  62. 明早míng zǎotomorrow morning; tomorrow
  63. 自行车zì xíng chēbicycle; bike; CL:輛|辆[liàng]
  64. 补偿bǔ chángto compensate; to make up
  65. 跟着gēn zheto follow after; immediately afterwards
  66. 喜xǐto be fond of; to like
  67. 休xiūto rest; to stop doing sth for a period of time
  68. 标志biāo zhìsign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
  69. 犹太Yóu tàithe Jews; Judea
  70. 现xiànto appear; present
  71. 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke
  72. 患huànto suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease)
  73. 汉堡hàn bǎo(loanword) hamburger
  74. 狗屁gǒu pìbullshit; nonsense
  75. 蜘蛛zhī zhūspider
  76. 冲动chōng dòngto have an urge; to be impetuous
  77. 带子dài zibelt; band; ribbon; strap; girdle; (coll.) audio or video tape
  78. 着急zháo jíto worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry
  79. 亲眼qīn yǎnwith one's own eyes; personally
  80. 演奏yǎn zòuto perform on a musical instrument
  81. 善shàngood (virtuous); benevolent
  82. 富有fù yǒurich; wealthy; affluent; to be rich in; to be replete with
  83. 封面fēng miàncover (of a publication)
  84. 幻觉huàn juéillusion; hallucination
  85. 缠chánto wind around; to wrap round
  86. 羊yángsheep; goat; CL:頭|头[tóu],隻|只[zhī]
  87. 赚钱zhuàn qiánto earn money; moneymaking
  88. 偷偷tōu tōustealthily; secretly
  89. 周六Zhōu liùSaturday
  90. 城堡chéng bǎocastle; rook (chess piece)
  91. 对抗duì kàngto withstand; to resist
  92. 蛮mánbarbarian; bullying
  93. 巧qiǎoopportunely; coincidentally
  94. 降落jiàng luòto descend; to land
  95. 平常píng chángordinary; common
  96. 按摩àn mómassage; to massage
  97. 摇yáoto shake; to rock
  98. 本身běn shēnitself; in itself
  99. 杀人犯shā rén fànmurderer; homicide
  100. 疑犯yí fàna 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.