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 6,001–6,100

Ordered by frequency
  1. 棍子gùn zistick; rod
  2. 液体yè tǐliquid
  3. 特权tè quánprerogative; privilege
  4. 犯法fàn fǎto break the law
  5. 甜美tián měisweet; pleasant
  6. 番fān(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
  7. 米歇尔Mǐ xiē ěrMichel or Mitchell (name); George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009
  8. 粒lìgrain; granule; pellet; particle; classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc)
  9. 英勇yīng yǒngheroic; gallant
  10. 阴茎yīn jīngpenis
  11. 鬼混guǐ hùnto hang around; to fool around
  12. 魔术师mó shù shīmagician
  13. 京jīngcapital city of a country; big
  14. 伽jiātraditionally used as phonetic for "ga"; also pr. [gā]
  15. 住所zhù suǒhabitation; dwelling place
  16. 势力shì lipower; influence
  17. 单纯dān chúnsimple; pure
  18. 实shíreal; true
  19. 您好nín hǎohello (polite)
  20. 扩大kuò dàto expand; to enlarge
  21. 求助qiú zhùto request help; to appeal (for help)
  22. 相对xiāng duìrelatively; opposite
  23. 筒tǒngtube; cylinder
  24. 老家lǎo jiānative place; place of origin
  25. 致敬zhì jìngto salute; to pay one's respects to
  26. 认可rèn kěto approve; approval
  27. 采càiallotment to a feudal noble
  28. 闲xiánenclosure; (variant of 閒|闲[xián]) idle
  29. 东部dōng bùthe east; eastern part
  30. 交出jiāo chūto hand over
  31. 仗zhàngweaponry; to hold (a weapon)
  32. 克隆kè lóngclone (loanword)
  33. 占领zhàn lǐngto capture; to seize; to occupy by force
  34. 可信kě xìntrustworthy
  35. 国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
  36. 好些hǎo xiēa good deal of; quite a lot
  37. 布什Bù shíBush (name); George H.W. Bush (1924-2018), US president 1988-1992
  38. 干酪gān làocheese
  39. 录取lù qǔto accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam; to admit (a student)
  40. 整形zhěng xíngshaping; reshaping
  41. 曲棍球qū gùn qiúfield hockey
  42. 沙子shā zisand; grit
  43. 袜wàsocks; stockings
  44. 资产zī chǎnproperty; assets
  45. 钩gōuto hook; to sew
  46. 锤子chuí zihammer; CL:把[bǎ]
  47. 出血chū xuèto bleed; bleeding; (fig.) to spend money in large amounts
  48. 剥夺bō duóto deprive; to expropriate
  49. 加密jiā mìto encrypt; encryption
  50. 套房tào fángsuite; apartment
  51. 富翁fù wēngrich person; millionaire
  52. 导师dǎo shītutor; teacher
  53. 征兆zhēng zhàoomen; sign (that sth is about to happen)
  54. 杰作jié zuòmasterpiece
  55. 注视zhù shìto look attentively at; to closely watch; to gaze at
  56. 甚shènexcessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than
  57. 病例bìng lì(medical) case; occurrence of illness
  58. 销毁xiāo huǐto destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate
  59. 飓风jù fēnghurricane
  60. 饥饿jī èhunger; starvation
  61. 上级shàng jíhigher authorities; superiors
  62. 哈罗德Hā luó déHarold, Harald, Harrod (name)
  63. 心意xīn yìintention; regard; kindly feelings
  64. 愁chóuto worry about
  65. 涉嫌shè xiánto be a suspect (in a crime); to be suspected of
  66. 火山huǒ shānvolcano
  67. 牛仔裤niú zǎi kùjeans; CL:條|条[tiáo]
  68. 画画huà huàto draw; to paint
  69. 自称zì chēngto call oneself; to claim to be
  70. 要紧yào jǐnimportant; urgent
  71. 财政cái zhèngfinances (public); financial
  72. 逃犯táo fànescaped criminal; fugitive from the law
  73. 阳台yáng táibalcony; porch
  74. 上个月shàng gè yuèlast month
  75. 使者shǐ zhěemissary; envoy
  76. 依旧yī jiùas before; still
  77. 冰块bīng kuàiice cube; ice chunk
  78. 制止zhì zhǐto curb; to put a stop to
  79. 剃tìto shave
  80. 差别chā biédifference; distinction; disparity
  81. 憋biēto choke; to stifle
  82. 火力huǒ lìfire; firepower
  83. 火腿huǒ tuǐham; CL:個|个[gè]
  84. 磕kēto tap; to knock (against sth hard)
  85. 缺陷quē xiàndefect; flaw
  86. 遗弃yí qìto leave; to abandon
  87. 传来chuán lái(of a sound) to come through; to be heard
  88. 利润lì rùnprofits
  89. 后背hòu bèithe back (human anatomy); the back part of sth
  90. 安定ān dìngstable; calm; settled; to stabilize
  91. 小伙xiǎo huǒyoung guy; lad
  92. 心烦xīn fánto feel agitated; to be troubled
  93. 恰当qià dàngappropriate; suitable
  94. 拨打bō dǎto call; to dial
  95. 欢huānjoyous; happy
  96. 活该huó gāi(coll.) serve sb right; deservedly
  97. 漆qīpaint; lacquer
  98. 简历jiǎn lìcurriculum vitae (CV); résumé
  99. 罗斯Luó sīRoth, Ross, Rose or Rossi (name); Kenneth Roth (1955-), executive director of Human Rights Watch 人權觀察|人权观察[Rén quán Guān chá]
  100. 老太太lǎo tài taielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother

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.