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 3,801–3,900

Ordered by frequency
  1. 除掉chú diàoto eliminate
  2. 开头kāi tóubeginning; to start
  3. 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
  4. 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
  5. 一模一样yī mú yī yàngexactly the same (idiom); carbon copy
  6. 入口rù kǒuentrance; to import
  7. 接手jiē shǒuto take over (duties etc); catcher (baseball etc)
  8. 收看shōu kànto watch (a TV program)
  9. 险xiǎndanger; dangerous
  10. 窗chuāngwindow; CL:扇[shàn]
  11. 诱惑yòu huòto entice; to lure
  12. 十二shí èrtwelve; 12
  13. 火箭huǒ jiànrocket; CL:枚[méi]
  14. 胡扯hú chěto chatter; nonsense
  15. 遭到zāo dàoto suffer; to meet with (sth unfortunate)
  16. 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
  17. 容róngto hold; to contain
  18. 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wǎ tè]
  19. 袜子wà zisocks; stockings
  20. 做法zuò fǎway of handling sth; method for making
  21. 华huámagnificent; splendid
  22. 惹麻烦rě má fanto create difficulties; to invite trouble
  23. 暂停zàn tíngto suspend; time-out (e.g. in sports)
  24. 负担fù dānto bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
  25. 从不cóng bùnever
  26. 沙滩shā tānbeach; sandy shore
  27. 烦恼fán nǎoto be worried; to be distressed
  28. 社交shè jiāointeraction; social contact
  29. 上来shàng láito come up; to approach
  30. 团体tuán tǐgroup; organization
  31. 得了dé leall right!; that's enough!
  32. 有用yǒu yònguseful
  33. 着火zháo huǒto catch fire
  34. 移民yí mínto immigrate; to migrate
  35. 轮胎lún tāitire; pneumatic tire
  36. 举办jǔ bànto conduct; to hold
  37. 抢走qiǎng zǒuto snatch (esp related to a robbery)
  38. 抹māto wipe
  39. 村cūnvillage
  40. 查尔斯Chá ěr sīCharles
  41. 眼泪yǎn lèitears; crying
  42. 营yíngcamp; barracks
  43. 倾向qīng xiàngtrend; tendency
  44. 关联guān liánto be related; to be connected; relationship; connection
  45. 待命dài mìngto be on call; to be on standby
  46. 思sīto think; to consider
  47. 战场zhàn chǎngbattlefield; CL:個|个[gè]
  48. 摩托车mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle; CL:輛|辆[liàng],部[bù]
  49. 日期rì qīdate; CL:個|个[gè]
  50. 热爱rè àito love ardently; to adore
  51. 赞成zàn chéngto approve; to endorse
  52. 保住bǎo zhùto preserve; to save
  53. 击败jī bàito defeat; to beat
  54. 取决于qǔ jué yúto hinge on; to be decided by
  55. 无线电wú xiàn diànradio; wireless (i.e. the technology used in radio telecommunication); a radio
  56. 统治tǒng zhìto rule (a country); to govern
  57. 转身zhuǎn shēn(of a person) to turn round; to face about
  58. 遭遇zāo yùto meet with; to encounter
  59. 鹿lùdeer
  60. 嘴唇zuǐ chúnlip; CL:片[piàn]
  61. 妻qīwife
  62. 形式xíng shìouter appearance; form
  63. 游行yóu xíngto march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration
  64. 胡说八道hú shuō bā dàoto talk rubbish
  65. 弃qìto abandon; to relinquish
  66. 怪人guài rénstrange person; eccentric
  67. 现象xiàn xiàngphenomenon; CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
  68. 相似xiāng sìsimilar; alike
  69. 矛盾máo dùncontradiction; CL:個|个[gè]
  70. 结合jié héto combine; to link
  71. 谷gǔvalley
  72. 一阵子yī zhèn zia while; a spell
  73. 充分chōng fènample; sufficient
  74. 决juéto decide; to determine
  75. 双胞胎shuāng bāo tāitwin; CL:對|对[duì]
  76. 后备hòu bèireserve; backup
  77. 哪些nǎ xiēwhich ones?; who?
  78. 复活fù huóto revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life
  79. 头部tóu bùhead
  80. 振作zhèn zuòto bestir oneself; to pull oneself together
  81. 清单qīng dānlist of items
  82. 玩偶wán ǒutoy figurine; action figure
  83. 边缘biān yuánedge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline
  84. 领域lǐng yùdomain; sphere; field; territory; area
  85. 修理xiū lǐto repair; to fix
  86. 希特勒Xī tè lèAdolf Hitler (1889-1945)
  87. 肖恩Xiāo ēnSean, Shaun or Shawn (name)
  88. 价jiàprice; value
  89. 厅tīng(reception) hall; living room
  90. 居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
  91. 据说jù shuōit is said that; reportedly
  92. 电池diàn chíbattery; CL:節|节[jié],組|组[zǔ]
  93. 笑容xiào róngsmile; smiling expression
  94. 亲人qīn rénone's close relatives
  95. 厄èdistressed
  96. 家乡jiā xiānghometown; native place
  97. 平安píng ānsafe and sound; well
  98. 搬走bān zǒuto carry
  99. 星期六Xīng qī liùSaturday
  100. 菲fēiluxuriant (plant growth); rich with fragrance

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.