Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 7,001–7,100
Ordered by frequency- 搭配to pair up; to match
- 整体whole entity; entire body
- 暴徒bandit; thug
- 暴风雨rainstorm; storm
- 物证material evidence
- 生还to return alive; to survive
- 统统totally
- 美军US army; US armed forces
- 肠intestines
- 胆子courage; nerve
- 舞动to move as in a dance; to wave (some implement)
- 都会city; metropolis
- 酸奶yogurt
- 重罪serious crime; felony
- 难题difficult problem
- 音乐家musician
- 鸭duck (CL:隻|只[zhī]); (slang) male prostitute
- 个子height; stature
- 乏味tedious
- 偷听to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly)
- 千年millennium
- 半辈子half of a lifetime
- 占用to occupy
- 叉fork; pitchfork
- 吨ton (loanword); Taiwan pr. [dùn]
- 启发to enlighten; to explain (a text etc)
- 子宫uterus; womb
- 审查to examine; to investigate
- 帅气handsome; smart
- 幼儿园kindergarten; nursery school
- 开张to open a business; first transaction of a business day
- 手工handwork; manual
- 报到to report for duty; to check in
- 报社newspaper (i.e. a company); CL:家[jiā]
- 热门popular; hot; in vogue
- 突发to occur suddenly
- 营养nutrition; nourishment
- 错乱in disorder; deranged (mentally)
- 闻到to smell; to sniff sth out
- 饮食eating and drinking; food and drink; diet
- 匆忙hasty; hurried
- 呆子fool; sucker
- 威力might; formidable power
- 战机opportunity in a battle; fighter aircraft
- 推翻to overthrow
- 放过to let off; to let slip by
- 测量survey; to measure
- 潜艇submarine
- 痛恨to detest; to loathe
- 盆basin; flower pot
- 突击sudden and violent attack; assault
- 艺人performing artist; actor
- 药片a (medicine) pill or tablet; CL:片[piàn]
- 虚伪false; hypocritical
- 谴责to denounce; to condemn
- 互联网Internet
- 从而thus; thereby
- 及格to pass an exam or a test; to meet a minimum standard
- 吸取to absorb; to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
- 吹牛to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth
- 敬礼to salute; salute
- 时速speed per hour
- 机长captain; chief pilot
- 格斗to wrestle
- 自大arrogant
- 薯potato; yam
- 蜂bee; wasp
- 飞过to fly over; to fly past
- 何必there is no need; why should
- 前台stage; proscenium
- 女佣(female) maid
- 巡演(theater etc) to tour; to be on tour; to give itinerant performances (abbr. for 巡迴演出|巡回演出[xúnhuí yǎnchū])
- 影响力influence; impact
- 成天(coll.) all day long; all the time
- 捐款to donate money; to contribute funds
- 楚distinct; clear
- 注入to pour into; to empty into
- 激发to arouse; to stimulate
- 特意specially; intentionally
- 脸蛋cheek; face
- 起火to catch fire; to cook
- 轻微slight; light
- 辨认to recognize; to identify
- 一无是处(idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong
- 像样presentable; decent
- 兜风to catch the wind; to go for a spin in the fresh air
- 共识common understanding; consensus
- 卸to unload; to unhitch
- 压迫to oppress; to repress
- 发财to get rich
- 可耻shameful; disgraceful
- 嗒(onom.) used in words that describe machine gunfire, the ticking of a clock or the clatter of horse hooves etc
- 墓grave; tomb
- 奖赏reward; prize; award
- 姿态attitude; posture
- 强势strong; powerful
- 教皇Roman Catholic pope; Supreme Pontiff
- 永生to live forever; eternal life
- 海豚dolphin
- 看护to nurse; to look after
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.
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