Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 3,201–3,300
Ordered by frequency- 原则principle; doctrine
- 哪怕even; even if
- 妹younger sister
- 室友roommate
- 明晚tomorrow evening
- 理智reason; intellect
- 资金funds; capital
- 吞to swallow; to take
- 夹to press from either side; to place in between
- 封锁to blockade; to seal off
- 诉讼lawsuit
- 上司boss; superior
- 基因gene (loanword)
- 玉米corn; maize
- 纪录variant of 記錄|记录[jì lù] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
- 高度height; altitude
- 宠物house pet
- 晚会evening party; CL:個|个[gè]
- 灰ash; dust
- 瞒to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
- 广场public square; plaza
- 称为to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
- 职位position; post; job
- 黄色yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
- 可恶repulsive; vile
- 星星(coll.) a star; the stars in the sky
- 踏see 踏實|踏实[tā shi]
- 制to manufacture; to make
- 扎to prick; to run or stick (a needle etc) into
- 找回to retrieve
- 支援to provide assistance; to support
- 族race; nationality
- 确切definite; exact
- 限制to restrict; to limit
- 之下under; beneath
- 肮脏dirty; filthy
- 大夫senior official (in imperial China)
- 排练to rehearse; rehearsal
- 无数countless; numberless
- 澡bath
- 与众不同to stand out from the masses (idiom)
- 善良good and honest; kindhearted
- 烫to scald; to burn (by scalding)
- 评论to comment on; to discuss
- 不准not to allow; to forbid
- 可悲lamentable
- 基金fund
- 球队sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)
- 侧the side; to incline towards
- 友谊companionship; fellowship
- 出门to go out; to leave home
- 餐meal; to eat
- 王八tortoise; cuckold
- 上场on stage; to go on stage
- 不会improbable; unlikely
- 位子place; seat
- 大会general assembly; general meeting
- 投降to surrender
- 表面surface; face
- 主席chairperson; premier
- 准确accurate; exact; precise
- 击中to hit (a target etc); to strike
- 智慧wisdom; intelligence
- 欢呼to cheer for; to acclaim
- 足excessive
- 主动to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
- 性爱sex; lovemaking
- 易easy; amiable
- 漫画caricature; cartoon
- 灵感inspiration; insight
- 莎拉Sara or Sarah (name)
- 饭店restaurant; hotel
- 平时ordinarily; in normal times
- 钉to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail
- 且and; moreover
- 囚犯prisoner; convict
- 对面(sitting) opposite; across (the street)
- 联合to combine; to join
- 骗人to cheat sb; a scam
- 异different; other
- 漏to leak; to divulge
- 角落nook; corner
- 预言to predict; prophecy
- 大师great master; master
- 批准to approve; to ratify
- 气氛atmosphere; mood
- 静still; calm
- 价格price; CL:個|个[gè]
- 嘻laugh; giggle
- 无罪innocent; guileless
- 碎片chip; fragment; splinter; tatter
- 策略strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
- 老头old fellow; old man
- 脾气character; temperament; disposition; bad temper
- 逃脱to run away; to escape
- 体验to experience for oneself
- 可靠reliable
- 坏蛋bad egg; scoundrel
- 素raw silk; white
- 装备equipment; to equip
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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