Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 7,101–7,200
Ordered by frequency- 瞎说to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact
- 蜂蜜honey
- 钉子nail; snag
- 银色silver (color)
- 风声sound of the wind; rumor
- 饭碗rice bowl; fig. livelihood
- 下士lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)
- 人情human emotions; social relationship; friendship
- 众多numerous
- 宇航员astronaut
- 巡回to go around; to roam; to tour
- 拦截to intercept
- 搜集to gather; to collect
- 比分score
- 清新fresh and clean
- 火柴match (for lighting fire); CL:根[gēn],盒[hé]
- 珠bead; pearl
- 租金rent
- 继父stepfather
- 防卫to defend; defensive
- 专用special; dedicated
- 丸ball; pellet
- 剩余remainder; surplus
- 品尝to taste a small amount; to sample
- 屁话bullshit; nonsense
- 救助to help sb in trouble; aid
- 正要to be just about to; to be on the point of
- 界限boundary
- 病历medical record; case history
- 直言to speak forthrightly; to talk bluntly
- 窃听to eavesdrop; to wiretap
- 聆听to listen (respectfully)
- 胆小cowardice; timid
- 袖手旁观to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
- 谱chart; list
- 距to be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance
- 金融banking; finance
- 不已(used after a verb) endlessly; incessantly
- 乐团band; orchestra
- 前线front line; military front
- 可行feasible
- 囚禁to imprison; captivity
- 平台platform; terrace
- 快感pleasure; thrill
- 怒火rage; fury
- 柯达Kodak (brand, US film company); full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯達公司|伊士曼柯达公司[Yī shì màn Kē dá Gōng sī]
- 欺诈to cheat
- 派出to send; to dispatch
- 理念idea; concept
- 瘤tumor
- 种子seed; CL:顆|颗[kē],粒[lì]
- 经纪to manage (a business); manager
- 臀buttocks; hips; rump
- 装扮to decorate; to adorn; to dress up; to disguise oneself
- 路口crossing; intersection (of roads)
- 雕塑a statue; a Buddhist image
- 人工artificial; manpower
- 充足adequate; sufficient
- 共和国republic
- 冒昧bold; presumptuous
- 外加in addition; extra
- 大多for the most part; many
- 嫩young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked
- 小便urine; to urinate
- 手势gesture; sign; signal
- 抑制to inhibit; to keep down
- 排名to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
- 教徒disciple; follower of a religion
- 望远镜binoculars; telescope
- 格雷Grey; Gray
- 棉generic term for cotton or kapok; cotton
- 淡insipid; diluted
- 玛利亚Mary (biblical name)
- 用餐to eat a meal
- 目录catalog; table of contents
- 称职well qualified; competent
- 能耐ability; capability
- 脆brittle; fragile
- 螃蟹crab; CL:隻|只[zhī]
- 说服力persuasiveness
- 邮箱mailbox; post office box
- 隐蔽to conceal; to hide
- 马拉松marathon (loanword)
- 驴donkey; CL:頭|头[tóu]
- 一瞬间split second
- 产业industry; estate
- 休庭to adjourn (law)
- 公关public relations
- 到场to show up; present (at the scene)
- 口气tone of voice; the way one speaks
- 可言it may be said
- 投手thrower; pitcher
- 散发to distribute; to emit
- 昂to lift; to raise
- 景色scenery; scene
- 毒瘾drug addiction
- 水泥cement; CL:袋[dài]
- 江river; CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]
- 熊猫panda; CL:隻|只[zhī]
- 纳米nanometer
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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