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 6,101–6,200

Ordered by frequency
  1. 言论yán lùnexpression of opinion; views
  2. 贱货jiàn huòbitch; slut
  3. 赎金shú jīnransom
  4. 身高shēn gāo(a person's) height
  5. 部位bù wèipart (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)
  6. 门锁mén suǒdoor lock
  7. 从中cóng zhōngfrom within; therefrom
  8. 副作用fù zuò yòngside effect
  9. 妥tuǒsuitable; adequate
  10. 开战kāi zhànto start a war; to make war
  11. 收视率shōu shì lǜratings (of a TV show)
  12. 爹diēdad
  13. 看好kān hǎoto keep an eye on
  14. 窗帘chuāng liánwindow curtains
  15. 胜任shèng rènqualified; competent (professionally)
  16. 脂肪zhī fángfat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)
  17. 自责zì zéto blame oneself
  18. 苏珊Sū shānSusan (name)
  19. 运转yùn zhuǎnto work; to operate
  20. 零钱líng qiánchange (of money); small change
  21. 丝毫sī háothe slightest amount or degree; a bit
  22. 加快jiā kuàito accelerate; to speed up
  23. 华丽huá lìgorgeous
  24. 占据zhàn jùto occupy; to hold
  25. 咖啡店kā fēi diàncafé; coffee shop
  26. 埋葬mái zàngto bury
  27. 塌tāto collapse; to droop
  28. 大喊大叫dà hǎn dà jiàoshouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly; to rant
  29. 布丁bù dīngpudding (loanword)
  30. 常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common
  31. 格林Gé línGreen or Greene (name)
  32. 步行bù xíngto go on foot; to walk
  33. 烟雾yān wùsmoke; mist
  34. 烧伤shāo shāngburn (injury)
  35. 瑜yúexcellence; luster of gems
  36. 磁带cí dàimagnetic tape; CL:盤|盘[pán],盒[hé]
  37. 综合症zōng hé zhèngsyndrome
  38. 请便qǐng biànPlease do as you wish!; You are welcome to do whatever you like!
  39. 重量zhòng liàngweight; CL:個|个[gè]
  40. 露面lòu miànto show one's face; to appear (in public)
  41. 预yùto advance; in advance
  42. 不但bù dànnot only (... but also ...)
  43. 信徒xìn túbeliever
  44. 凶杀案xiōng shā ànmurder case
  45. 前提qián típremise; precondition
  46. 参赛者cān sài zhěcompetitor; CL:名[míng]
  47. 取出qǔ chūto take out; to extract
  48. 妖yāogoblin; witch
  49. 岗位gǎng wèia post; a job
  50. 懒lǎnlazy
  51. 捆kǔna bunch; to tie together
  52. 暖和nuǎn huowarm; nice and warm
  53. 木偶mù ǒupuppet
  54. 植zhíto plant
  55. 横hénghorizontal; across
  56. 正事zhèng shìone's proper business
  57. 激jīto arouse; to incite
  58. 疤bāscar; scab
  59. 睾丸gāo wántesticle
  60. 答复dá fùto answer; to reply
  61. 粉红fěn hóngpink
  62. 虔诚qián chéngpious; devout
  63. 诡计guǐ jìtrick; ruse
  64. 迷恋mí liànto be infatuated with; to be enchanted by
  65. 防护fáng hùto defend; to protect
  66. 颁奖bān jiǎngto confer an award
  67. 中弹zhòng dànto get hit by a bullet; to get shot
  68. 余地yú dìmargin; leeway
  69. 债务zhài wùdebt; liability
  70. 凯利Kǎi lìKelly (person name)
  71. 删shānto delete
  72. 反复fǎn fùrepeatedly; over and over
  73. 商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; CL:件|件[jiàn]
  74. 大伙儿dà huǒ rerhua variant of 大伙[dà huǒ]
  75. 媒méimedium; intermediary
  76. 撬qiàoto lift; to pry open
  77. 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival
  78. 波特bō tè(loanword) baud (computing); porter (beer)
  79. 滑板huá bǎnskateboard
  80. 片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)
  81. 生化shēng huàbiochemistry
  82. 过时guò shíold-fashioned; out of date
  83. 避bìto avoid; to shun
  84. 预计yù jìto forecast; to predict
  85. 飙biāowhirlwind; violent wind
  86. 义yìjustice; righteousness
  87. 书店shū diànbookstore; CL:家[jiā]
  88. 佐zuǒto assist; assistant
  89. 偷情tōu qíngto carry on a clandestine love affair
  90. 出差chū chāito go on an official or business trip
  91. 招供zhāo gòngto confess
  92. 摩托mó tuōmotor (loanword); motorbike
  93. 於wū(literary) Oh!; Ah!
  94. 沃wòfertile; rich
  95. 洞穴dòng xuécave; cavern
  96. 盗dàoto steal; to rob
  97. 私事sī shìpersonal matters
  98. 美分Měi fēnone cent (United States coin)
  99. 说笑shuō xiàoto chat and laugh; to crack jokes
  100. 阿拉ā lā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our

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.