Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 3,501–3,600
Ordered by frequency- 器官(physiology) organ; apparatus
- 大伙everybody; everyone
- 玫瑰rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower
- 讨to invite; to provoke
- 前妻ex-wife; late wife
- 失败者loser
- 崇拜to worship; adoration
- 罪行crime; offense
- 考验to test; to put to the test
- 主持to take charge of; to manage or direct
- 搬家to move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
- 效劳to serve (in some capacity); to work for
- 时装fashion; fashionable clothes
- 活儿work; (lots of) things to do
- 男子a man; a male
- 稍后in a little while; in a moment
- 罪恶crime; evil
- 哈利Harry
- 用来to be used for
- 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
- 远远distant; by far
- 假期vacation
- 扫描to scan
- 题topic; problem for discussion
- 一时a period of time; a while
- 义务duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiàng]); volunteer (work etc)
- 猛ferocious; fierce
- 缺乏to lack; to be short of
- 连续continuous; in a row
- 欲望desire; longing; appetite; craving
- 白天daytime; during the day
- 连环chain
- 魔术magic
- 之所以(after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wǒ zhī suǒ yǐ tǎo yàn tā] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- 实力strength
- 拉斯维加斯Las Vegas, Nevada
- 精灵spirit; fairy
- 蜜蜂bee; honeybee
- 除to get rid of; to remove
- 失控to go out of control
- 夸张to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated
- 赌博to gamble
- 卧底to hide (as an undercover agent); an insider (in a gang of thieves)
- 处境situation (of a person)
- 礼服ceremonial robe; formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
- 零zero; nought
- 专辑album; record (music)
- 保存to conserve; to preserve
- 修好to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with
- 感动to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
- 晃to dazzle; to flash past
- 曼handsome; large
- 继承to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc)
- 如今nowadays; now
- 打球to play ball; to play with a ball
- 染to dye; to catch (a disease)
- 祖母father's mother; paternal grandmother
- 老爹(dialect) father; old man
- 不如not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 企图to attempt; to try
- 保险箱safe deposit box; a safe
- 沾to moisten; to be infected by
- 福good fortune; happiness
- 裤underpants; trousers
- 西装suit; Western-style clothes
- 隔离to separate; to isolate
- 雇佣to employ; to hire
- 厨kitchen
- 旅trip; travel
- 无能为力impotent (idiom); powerless
- 晓得to know
- 电台transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station
- 罚to punish; to penalize; to fine
- 迟早sooner or later
- 护照passport; CL:本[běn],個|个[gè]
- 生涯career; life (way in which sb lives)
- 开会to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
- 支付to pay (money)
- 知识knowledge; CL:門|门[mén]
- 丁male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tiāngān]
- 小偷thief
- 挣扎to struggle
- 推荐to recommend; recommendation
- 球员(ball sports) player; team member
- 英寸inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 cm.)
- 观看to watch; to view
- 领袖leader
- 收养to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child)
- 骚扰to disturb; to cause a commotion
- 吻合to be a good fit; to be identical with
- 引爆to ignite; to detonate
- 成年人adult person
- 硬币coin; CL:枚[méi]
- 节日holiday; festival
- 裸naked
- 许可to allow; to permit
- 难堪hard to take; embarrassed
- 丢脸to lose face; humiliation
- 放屁to fart; to break wind
- 汇报to report; to give an account of
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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