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 6,901–7,000

Ordered by frequency
  1. 尼斯Ní sīNice (city in France)
  2. 废弃fèi qìto discard; to abandon (old ways)
  3. 效应xiào yìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)
  4. 斗牛dòu niúbullfighting
  5. 杂zámixed; miscellaneous
  6. 烟草yān cǎotobacco
  7. 盼pànto hope for; to long for
  8. 避孕套bì yùn tàocondom; CL:隻|只[zhī]
  9. 颇pōrather; quite
  10. 驱qūto expel; to urge on
  11. 亲口qīn kǒuone's own mouth; fig. in one's own words
  12. 伴郎bàn lángbest man
  13. 公斤gōng jīnkilogram (kg)
  14. 初步chū bùinitial; preliminary
  15. 否定fǒu dìngto negate; to deny
  16. 在座zài zuòto be present
  17. 坏话huài huàunpleasant talk; malicious words
  18. 大钱dà qiánlarge sum of money; old Chinese type of coin of high denomination
  19. 庄园zhuāng yuánmanor; feudal land
  20. 异议yì yìobjection; dissent
  21. 得逞dé chěngto prevail; to have one's way
  22. 报名bào míngto sign up; to enter one's name
  23. 暴躁bào zàoirascible; irritable
  24. 欧文Ōu wénOwen (name); Erwin (name)
  25. 监护人jiān hù rénguardian
  26. 碍àito hinder; to obstruct
  27. 署shǔoffice; bureau
  28. 芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔballet (loanword)
  29. 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
  30. 覆盖fù gàito cover
  31. 观念guān niànnotion; thought
  32. 震zhènto shake; to vibrate
  33. 韦德Wéi déWade (name); Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), sinologist 威妥瑪|威妥玛[Wēi Tuǒ mǎ]
  34. 鬼话guǐ huàlie; false words
  35. 储藏室chǔ cáng shìstoreroom; CL:間|间[jiān]
  36. 先前xiān qiánbefore; previously
  37. 旅店lǚ diàninn; small hotel
  38. 浇jiāoto pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel)
  39. 热身rè shēnto warm up (sports); (fig.) to prepare
  40. 爪子zhuǎ zi(animal's) claw
  41. 瑞典Ruì diǎnSweden
  42. 皇室huáng shìroyal family; imperial household
  43. 盘问pán wènto interrogate; to cross-examine
  44. 示范shì fànto demonstrate; to show how to do sth
  45. 约翰逊Yuē hàn xùnJohnson or Johnston (name)
  46. 纸巾zhǐ jīnpaper towel; napkin
  47. 腹部fù bùabdomen; belly
  48. 薄荷bò hefield mint; peppermint
  49. 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
  50. 那会儿nà huì rat that time (in the past or the future); also pr. [nèi huì r]
  51. 邪xiédemonic; iniquitous
  52. 鼓舞gǔ wǔto inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
  53. 发动机fā dòng jīengine; motor; CL:臺|台[tái]
  54. 增援zēng yuánto reinforce
  55. 大惊小怪dà jīng xiǎo guàito make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
  56. 怨恨yuàn hènto resent; to harbor a grudge against
  57. 恳求kěn qiúto beg; to beseech
  58. 挑剔tiāo tipicky; fussy
  59. 改天gǎi tiānanother day; some other time
  60. 滥用làn yòngto misuse; to abuse
  61. 电报diàn bàotelegram; cable
  62. 看成kàn chéngto regard as
  63. 眼球yǎn qiúeyeball; (fig.) attention
  64. 自负zì fùconceited; to take responsibility
  65. 至关重要zhì guān zhòng yàoextremely important; vital
  66. 菌jūngerm; bacteria
  67. 规模guī móscale; scope
  68. 边界biān jièboundary; border
  69. 阿拉斯加Ā lā sī jiāAlaska, US state
  70. 院长yuàn zhǎngthe head of an institution whose name ends in 院[yuàn]; chair of a board
  71. 静脉jìng màivein
  72. 以免yǐ miǎnin order to avoid; so as not to
  73. 住址zhù zhǐaddress
  74. 佩服pèi fúto admire
  75. 召开zhào kāito convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke
  76. 吉普Jí pǔJeep (car brand)
  77. 嗓子sǎng zithroat; voice
  78. 孩hái(bound form) child
  79. 居jī(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
  80. 心底xīn dǐbottom of one's heart
  81. 怨yuànto blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
  82. 损害sǔn hàiharm; to damage
  83. 无赖wú làihoodlum; rascal
  84. 日志rì zhìjournal; log (computing)
  85. 来往lái wǎngto come and go; to have dealings with
  86. 特技tè jìspecial effect; stunt
  87. 眼皮yǎn píeyelid
  88. 笔迹bǐ jìhandwriting
  89. 艰苦jiān kǔdifficult; hard
  90. 诉sùto complain; to sue
  91. 通缉tōng jīto order the arrest of sb as criminal; to list as wanted
  92. 飞翔fēi xiángto circle in the air; to soar
  93. 骑车qí chēto ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)
  94. 鲨shāshark
  95. 坠毁zhuì huǐ(of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash
  96. 忠告zhōng gàoto give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word
  97. 房顶fáng dǐnghousetop; roof
  98. 打劫dǎ jiéto loot; to rob
  99. 扰乱rǎo luànto disturb; to perturb
  100. 找麻烦zhǎo má fanto look for trouble

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.