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 7,301–7,400

Ordered by frequency
  1. 选美xuǎn měibeauty contest
  2. 鲸鱼jīng yúwhale; CL:條|条[tiáo]
  3. 专栏zhuān lánspecial column
  4. 分歧fēn qídivergent; difference (of opinion, position); disagreement
  5. 好不容易hǎo bù róng yìwith great difficulty; very difficult
  6. 安保ān bǎosecurity
  7. 手续shǒu xùprocedure; CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
  8. 探测tàn cèto probe; to survey
  9. 放逐fàng zhúto banish; to deport
  10. 智力zhì lìintelligence; intellect
  11. 服刑fú xíngto serve a prison sentence
  12. 期限qī xiàntime limit; deadline
  13. 洋yángocean; vast
  14. 百分bǎi fēnpercent; percentage
  15. 综合zōng hécomprehensive; composite
  16. 老友lǎo yǒuold friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
  17. 跳动tiào dòngto throb; to pulse
  18. 遗体yí tǐremains (of a dead person)
  19. 餐桌cān zhuōdining table; dinner table; CL:張|张[zhāng]
  20. 下毒xià dúto put poison in sth; to poison
  21. 优美yōu měigraceful; fine
  22. 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together
  23. 再生zài shēngto be reborn; to regenerate
  24. 动用dòng yòngto utilize; to put sth to use
  25. 协定xié dìngagreement; accord
  26. 同居tóng jūto live together; to cohabit
  27. 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation
  28. 增强zēng qiángto increase; to strengthen
  29. 处死chǔ sǐan execution; to put sb to death
  30. 婚前hūn qiánpremarital; prenuptial
  31. 年头nián tóustart of the year; whole year
  32. 当选dāng xuǎnto be elected; to be selected
  33. 总监zǒng jiānhead; director (of an organizational unit)
  34. 愧疚kuì jiùto feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful
  35. 打中dǎ zhòngto hit (a target)
  36. 新奥尔良Xīn ào ěr liángNew Orleans, Louisiana
  37. 歉意qiàn yìapology; regret
  38. 流动liú dòngto flow; to circulate
  39. 用户yòng hùuser; consumer
  40. 百分之百bǎi fēn zhī bǎia hundred percent; out and out
  41. 筹款chóu kuǎnfundraising
  42. 芝士zhī shìcheese (loanword)
  43. 补给bǔ jǐsupply; replenishment
  44. 谋móuto plan; to seek
  45. 迪斯科dí sī kēdisco (loanword)
  46. 黑洞hēi dòng(astronomy) black hole
  47. 书面shū miànin writing; written
  48. 侦察zhēn cháto investigate a crime; to scout
  49. 原先yuán xiānoriginally; original
  50. 反常fǎn chángunusual; abnormal
  51. 受苦shòu kǔto suffer hardship
  52. 古代gǔ dàiancient times
  53. 哀悼āi dàoto grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death
  54. 坦tǎnflat; open-hearted
  55. 悚sǒngfrightened
  56. 提案tí ànproposal; draft resolution
  57. 搭讪dā shànto hit on someone; to strike up a conversation
  58. 时间表shí jiān biǎoschedule; timetable
  59. 武wǔmartial; military
  60. 烤箱kǎo xiāngoven
  61. 热闹rè naobustling with noise and excitement; livelyIn context
  62. 胜利者shèng lì zhěvictor; winner
  63. 转动zhuǎn dòngto turn sth around; to swivel
  64. 邦德Bāng déBond (name)
  65. 野营yě yíngto camp; field lodgings
  66. 预告yù gàoto forecast; to predict
  67. 优yōuexcellent; superior
  68. 低头dī tóuto bow the head; to yield
  69. 壁炉bì lúfireplace
  70. 壶húpot; classifier for bottled liquid
  71. 导dǎoto transmit; to lead
  72. 恋情liàn qíngromantic love
  73. 景jǐng(bound form) scenery; circumstance
  74. 最先zuì xiān(the) very first
  75. 癌áicancer; carcinoma
  76. 缝合féng héto sew together; suture (in surgery)
  77. 肢体zhī tǐlimb; limbs and trunk
  78. 遥控yáo kòngto direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
  79. 骷髅kū lóuhuman skeleton; human skull
  80. 黑夜hēi yènight
  81. 乌鸦wū yācrow; raven
  82. 冰冷bīng lěngice-cold
  83. 刑xíngpunishment; penalty
  84. 围绕wéi ràoto revolve around; to center on (an issue)
  85. 壳ké(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
  86. 失落shī luòto lose (sth); to drop (sth)
  87. 威尼斯Wēi ní sīVenice; Venezia
  88. 尤yóuoutstanding; particularly, especially
  89. 尽力而为jìn lì ér wéito try one's utmost; to strive
  90. 工会gōng huìlabor union; trade union
  91. 弄清nòng qīngto clarify; to fully understand
  92. 手镯shǒu zhuóbracelet
  93. 放出fàng chūto let off; to give out
  94. 时报Shí bào"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
  95. 有幸yǒu xìngfortunately
  96. 松子sōng zǐpine nut
  97. 煎熬jiān áoto suffer; to torture
  98. 略lüèbrief; sketchy; outline; summary
  99. 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin)
  100. 耽搁dān geto tarry; to delay

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.