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 5,601–5,700

Ordered by frequency
  1. 道具dào jù(theater) prop; paraphernalia
  2. 阻碍zǔ àito obstruct; to hinder
  3. 丢失diū shīto lose; to misplace
  4. 严厉yán lìsevere; strict
  5. 从头cóng tóuanew; from the start
  6. 击球jī qiúto bat; to hit a ball (sport)
  7. 工业gōng yèindustry
  8. 往后wǎng hòufrom now on; in the future
  9. 星期二Xīng qī èrTuesday
  10. 极限jí xiànlimit; extreme boundary
  11. 歧视qí shìto discriminate against; discrimination
  12. 气球qì qiúballoon
  13. 水手shuǐ shǒumariner; sailor
  14. 激励jī lìto encourage; to urge
  15. 煎饼jiān bǐngjianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake
  16. 胆dǎngall bladder; courage
  17. 诺亚Nuò yàNoah
  18. 面子miàn ziouter surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face
  19. 体贴tǐ tiēconsiderate (of other people's needs)
  20. 使劲shǐ jìnto exert all one's strength
  21. 廉价lián jiàcheaply-priced; low-cost
  22. 日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everydayIn context
  23. 有毒yǒu dúpoisonous
  24. 残cánto destroy; to spoil
  25. 港口gǎng kǒuport; harbor
  26. 特定tè dìngspecial; specific; designated; particular
  27. 耳环ěr huánearring; CL:隻|只[zhī],對|对[duì]
  28. 耻辱chǐ rǔdisgrace; shame
  29. 也好yě hǎothat's fine; may as well
  30. 信件xìn jiànletter (sent by mail)
  31. 引用yǐn yòngto quote; to cite; to recommend; to appoint
  32. 怜悯lián mǐnto take pity on; pity
  33. 才能cái néngtalent; ability
  34. 扑pūto throw oneself at; to pounce on
  35. 撒尿sā niàoto pass water; to piss
  36. 撞击zhuàng jīto strike; to hit; to ram
  37. 曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)
  38. 本性běn xìngnatural instincts; nature
  39. 电线diàn xiànwire; power cord
  40. 行程xíng chéngjourney; travel route; distance of travel; course (of history)
  41. 豆子dòu zibean; pea
  42. 走人zǒu rén(coll.) to leave; to beat it
  43. 古董gǔ dǒngcurio; antique
  44. 各个gè gèevery; various
  45. 无限wú xiànunlimited; unbounded
  46. 男孩子nán hái ziboy
  47. 画家huà jiāpainter; CL:個|个[gè]
  48. 纯洁chún jiépure; clean and honest
  49. 草坪cǎo pínglawn
  50. 陪伴péi bànto accompany
  51. 露营lù yíngto camp out; camping
  52. 面条miàn tiáonoodles
  53. 飘piāoto float (in the air); to flutter; to waft; complacent; frivolous
  54. 体力tǐ lìphysical strength; physical power
  55. 加利福尼亚Jiā lì fú ní yàCalifornia
  56. 唤醒huàn xǐngto wake sb; to rouse
  57. 基金会jī jīn huìfoundation (institution supported by an endowment)
  58. 强硬qiáng yìngtough; unyielding
  59. 性生活xìng shēng huósex life
  60. 正面zhèng miànfront; obverse side
  61. 穷人qióng rénpoor people; the poor
  62. 致死zhì sǐto cause death; to be lethal; to be deadly
  63. 周一Zhōu yīMonday
  64. 国内guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country)
  65. 情侣qíng lǚsweethearts; lovers
  66. 珍zhēnprecious thing; treasure
  67. 财宝cái bǎomoney and valuables
  68. 贴心tiē xīnintimate; close
  69. 随机suí jīaccording to the situation; pragmatic
  70. 冰激凌bīng jī língice cream
  71. 压抑yā yìto constrain or repress emotions; oppressive
  72. 发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever
  73. 召zhàoto call together; to summon
  74. 城镇chéng zhèntown; cities and towns
  75. 无能wú néngincompetence; inability
  76. 气体qì tǐgas (i.e. gaseous substance)
  77. 渴kěthirsty
  78. 知觉zhī juéperception; consciousness
  79. 访fǎng(bound form) to visit; to call on
  80. 阿拉伯Ā lā bóArabian; Arabic
  81. 下令xià lìngto give an order; to issue an order
  82. 下水道xià shuǐ dàosewer
  83. 信箱xìn xiāngmailbox; post office box
  84. 大腿dà tuǐthigh
  85. 完了wán leto be finished; to be done for
  86. 属shǔcategory; genus (taxonomy)
  87. 巴基斯坦Bā jī sī tǎnPakistan
  88. 杜威Dù WēiDu Wei (1982-), Shanghai soccer star; Dewey (name)
  89. 流浪liú làngto drift about; to wander
  90. 灰色huī sègray; ash gray
  91. 电击diàn jīelectric shock
  92. 精子jīng zǐsperm cell; spermatozoon
  93. 苍蝇cāng yinghousefly; CL:隻|只[zhī]
  94. 重视zhòng shìto attach importance to sth; to value
  95. 面对面miàn duì miànface to face
  96. 偷窃tōu qièto steal; to pilfer
  97. 博客bó kèblog (loanword); weblog
  98. 发脾气fā pí qìto lose one's temper; to fly into a rage; to throw a tantrum
  99. 发行fā xíngto publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
  100. 哥伦比亚Gē lún bǐ yàColombia; Columbia (District of, or University etc)

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.