Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 3,101–3,200
Ordered by frequency- 吓人to scare; scary
- 奴隶slave
- 熬to boil; to simmer
- 赶上to keep up with; to catch up with
- 乡村rustic; village
- 功夫skill; art
- 枪击to shoot with a gun; shooting incident
- 迈克尔Michael (name)
- 在意to care about; to mind
- 完整complete; intact
- 苏格兰Scotland
- 嘴巴mouth (CL:張|张[zhāng]); slap in the face (CL:個|个[gè])
- 老大old age; very
- 大道main street; avenue
- 拜访to pay a visit; to call on
- 相互each other; mutual
- 詹姆斯James (name); LeBron James (1984-), NBA player
- 决不not at all; simply (can) not
- 样本sample; specimen
- 黑帮bunch of gangsters; criminal gang
- 严格strict; stringent
- 奖励to reward; reward (as encouragement)
- 宣传to disseminate; to give publicity to
- 肩膀shoulder
- 买卖buying and selling; business
- 交谈to discuss; to converse; chat; discussion
- 悲剧tragedy; CL:齣|出[chū]
- 引擎engine (loanword); CL:臺|台[tái]
- 膝盖knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
- 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat; to receive
- 印第安(American) Indian; native American
- 形to appear; to look
- 瘦thin; to lose weight
- 股thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum
- 谈判to negotiate; negotiation
- 以下that level or lower; that amount or less
- 医学medicine; medical science
- 日记diary; CL:則|则[zé],本[běn],篇[piān]
- 蕾bud
- 隔壁next door; neighbor
- 商业business; trade
- 自私selfish; selfishness
- 运动员athlete; CL:名[míng],個|个[gè]
- 食品foodstuff; food; provisions; CL:種|种[zhǒng]
- 下手to start; to put one's hand to
- 乖乖(of a child) well-behaved; obediently
- 宰to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
- 提高to raise; to increase
- 晚点(of trains etc) late; delayed
- 解开to untie; to undo
- 闯进to burst in
- 档(Tw) gear (variant of 擋|挡[dǎng])
- 沙漠desert; CL:個|个[gè]
- 贼thief; traitor
- 亿100 million
- 偶尔occasionally; once in a while
- 凯文Kevin (person name)
- 手套glove; mitten
- 宫palace; temple
- 必certainly; must
- 种族race; ethnicity
- 等于to equal; to be tantamount to
- 色情pornography; sex
- 面临to face sth; to be confronted with
- 入侵to invade
- 当心to take care; to look out
- 赶到to hurry (to some place)
- 出席to attend; to participate
- 经营to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- 课程course; academic program; CL:堂[táng],節|节[jié],門|门[mén]
- 量to measure
- 字母letter (of the alphabet); CL:個|个[gè]
- 家长head of a household; family head
- 舌头tongue; CL:個|个[gè]
- 萝radish
- 消灭to put an end to; to annihilate
- 胖子fat person; fatty
- 乐趣delight; pleasure; joy
- 仔used in 仔肩[zī jiān]
- 实际reality; practice
- 得知to find out; to learn of
- 缝to sew; to stitch
- 项链necklace; CL:條|条[tiáo]
- 幕curtain or screen; canopy or tent
- 快速fast; high-speed; rapid
- 比利Pelé (1940-), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
- 舔to lick; to lap
- 虐待to mistreat; to maltreat
- 面具mask
- 预约booking; reservation
- 电视台television station; CL:個|个[gè]
- 起飞(of an aircraft) to take off
- 友好friendly; amicable; close friend
- 薪水salary; wage
- 哈里Harry or Hari (name)
- 相反opposite; contrary
- 惊to startle; to be frightened
- 没用useless
- 波士顿Boston, capital of Massachusetts
- 劝to advise; to urge
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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