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 5,701–5,800

Ordered by frequency
  1. 善于shàn yúto be good at; to be adept at
  2. 好友hǎo yǒuclose friend; pal
  3. 扭曲niǔ qūto twist; to warp
  4. 推迟tuī chíto postpone; to put off
  5. 每人měi réneach person; everybody
  6. 烤肉kǎo ròubarbecue (lit. roast meat)
  7. 转转zhuàn zhuanto stroll
  8. 进化jìn huàevolution; CL:個|个[gè]
  9. 通行证tōng xíng zhènga pass (authority to enter); a laissez-passer or safe conduct
  10. 面孔miàn kǒngface
  11. 黄油huáng yóubutter; CL:盒[hé]
  12. 前来qián láito come (formal); before
  13. 单词dān cíword; CL:個|个[gè]
  14. 彩排cǎi páidress rehearsal; to have a dress rehearsal
  15. 挽回wǎn huíto retrieve; to redeem
  16. 柯kē(literary) branch; stem; stalk; (literary) ax handle
  17. 氏shìclan name; maiden name
  18. 球迷qiú mífan (ball sports); CL:個|个[gè]
  19. 缺点quē diǎnweak point; fault
  20. 设定shè dìngto set; to set up
  21. 遥远yáo yuǎndistant; remote
  22. 同一tóng yīidentical; the same
  23. 头衔tóu xiántitle; rank
  24. 房地产fáng dì chǎnreal estate
  25. 改进gǎi jìnto improve; to make better; improvement
  26. 星期三Xīng qī sānWednesday
  27. 洋葱yáng cōngonion (Allium cepa); bulb onion
  28. 激光jī guānglaser
  29. 烧烤shāo kǎobarbecue; to roast
  30. 爱河ài héthe river of love; a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
  31. 物体wù tǐobject; body; substance
  32. 狐狸hú lifox; fig. sly and treacherous person
  33. 着手zhuó shǒuto put one's hand to it; to start out on a task
  34. 途径tú jìngway; means; channel
  35. 集体jí tǐcollective (decision); joint (effort)
  36. 上路shàng lùto start on a journey; to be on one's way
  37. 丑闻chǒu wénscandal
  38. 五十wǔ shífifty
  39. 出错chū cuòto make a mistake; error
  40. 加油站jiā yóu zhàngas station
  41. 勤qíndiligent; industrious
  42. 双重shuāng chóngdouble
  43. 唠叨láo daoto prattle; to chatter away
  44. 姐jiěolder sister
  45. 抉择jué zéto choose (literary)
  46. 时髦shí máoin vogue; fashionable
  47. 永久yǒng jiǔeverlasting; perpetual
  48. 炫耀xuàn yàodazzling; to show off; to flaunt
  49. 照相zhào xiàngto take a photograph
  50. 硬盘yìng pánhard disk
  51. 脚踝jiǎo huáiankle
  52. 英文Yīng wénEnglish (language)
  53. 铐kàoshackles; fetters
  54. 高跟鞋gāo gēn xiéhigh-heeled shoes
  55. 乳头rǔ tóunipple
  56. 出租chū zūto rent
  57. 口信kǒu xìnoral message
  58. 审shěnto examine; to investigate
  59. 帕特里克Pà tè lǐ kèPatrick (name)
  60. 技能jì néngtechnical ability; skill
  61. 挣钱zhèng qiánto make money
  62. 画廊huà lángart gallery; decorated corridor
  63. 监视器jiān shì qìsecurity camera; surveillance monitor
  64. 破案pò ànto solve a case; shabby old table
  65. 精英jīng yīngcream; elite
  66. 芭蕾bā lěiballet (loanword)
  67. 警徽jǐng huīpolice badge
  68. 身子shēn zibody; pregnancy
  69. 轰hōngexplosion; bang
  70. 举手jǔ shǒuto raise a hand; to put up one's hand (as signal)
  71. 举止jǔ zhǐbearing; manner
  72. 减轻jiǎn qīngto lighten; to ease
  73. 分心fēn xīnto divert one's attention; to get distracted; (courteous) to be so good as to take care of (a matter)
  74. 化妆品huà zhuāng pǐncosmetic; makeup product
  75. 寡妇guǎ fuwidow
  76. 急事jí shìurgent matter
  77. 摇摆yáo bǎito sway; to wobble
  78. 有限yǒu xiànlimited; finite
  79. 架子jià zishelf; frame
  80. 渡dùto cross; to pass through
  81. 现代舞xiàn dài wǔmodern dance
  82. 生长shēng zhǎngto grow; to grow up
  83. 甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a boat etc)
  84. 男女nán nǚmale-female; male and female
  85. 目光mù guānggaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look
  86. 碰头pèng tóuto meet; to hold a meeting
  87. 米奇Mǐ qíMickey or Mitch (name)
  88. 保障bǎo zhàngto ensure; to guarantee
  89. 力克lì kèto prevail with difficulty
  90. 医学院yī xué yuànmedical school
  91. 名誉míng yùfame; reputation
  92. 吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate
  93. 处置chǔ zhìto handle; to take care of
  94. 庆幸qìng xìngto rejoice; to be glad
  95. 打发dǎ fato dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave
  96. 测验cè yàntest; to test
  97. 演示yǎn shìto demonstrate; to show
  98. 笔记bǐ jìto take down (in writing); notes
  99. 邮yóupost (office); mail
  100. 采用cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ

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.