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- 选美beauty contest
- 鲸鱼whale; CL:條|条[tiáo]
- 专栏special column
- 分歧divergent; difference (of opinion, position); disagreement
- 好不容易with great difficulty; very difficult
- 安保security
- 手续procedure; CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
- 探测to probe; to survey
- 放逐to banish; to deport
- 智力intelligence; intellect
- 服刑to serve a prison sentence
- 期限time limit; deadline
- 洋ocean; vast
- 百分percent; percentage
- 综合comprehensive; composite
- 老友old friend; sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
- 跳动to throb; to pulse
- 遗体remains (of a dead person)
- 餐桌dining table; dinner table; CL:張|张[zhāng]
- 下毒to put poison in sth; to poison
- 优美graceful; fine
- 俱(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together
- 再生to be reborn; to regenerate
- 动用to utilize; to put sth to use
- 协定agreement; accord
- 同居to live together; to cohabit
- 园land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation
- 增强to increase; to strengthen
- 处死an execution; to put sb to death
- 婚前premarital; prenuptial
- 年头start of the year; whole year
- 当选to be elected; to be selected
- 总监head; director (of an organizational unit)
- 愧疚to feel guilty; to feel ashamed of oneself; to be remorseful
- 打中to hit (a target)
- 新奥尔良New Orleans, Louisiana
- 歉意apology; regret
- 流动to flow; to circulate
- 用户user; consumer
- 百分之百a hundred percent; out and out
- 筹款fundraising
- 芝士cheese (loanword)
- 补给supply; replenishment
- 谋to plan; to seek
- 迪斯科disco (loanword)
- 黑洞(astronomy) black hole
- 书面in writing; written
- 侦察to investigate a crime; to scout
- 原先originally; original
- 反常unusual; abnormal
- 受苦to suffer hardship
- 古代ancient times
- 哀悼to grieve over sb's death; to lament sb's death
- 坦flat; open-hearted
- 悚frightened
- 提案proposal; draft resolution
- 搭讪to hit on someone; to strike up a conversation
- 时间表schedule; timetable
- 武martial; military
- 烤箱oven
- 热闹bustling with noise and excitement; livelyIn context
- 胜利者victor; winner
- 转动to turn sth around; to swivel
- 邦德Bond (name)
- 野营to camp; field lodgings
- 预告to forecast; to predict
- 优excellent; superior
- 低头to bow the head; to yield
- 壁炉fireplace
- 壶pot; classifier for bottled liquid
- 导to transmit; to lead
- 恋情romantic love
- 景(bound form) scenery; circumstance
- 最先(the) very first
- 癌cancer; carcinoma
- 缝合to sew together; suture (in surgery)
- 肢体limb; limbs and trunk
- 遥控to direct operations from a remote location; to remotely control
- 骷髅human skeleton; human skull
- 黑夜night
- 乌鸦crow; raven
- 冰冷ice-cold
- 刑punishment; penalty
- 围绕to revolve around; to center on (an issue)
- 壳(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
- 失落to lose (sth); to drop (sth)
- 威尼斯Venice; Venezia
- 尤outstanding; particularly, especially
- 尽力而为to try one's utmost; to strive
- 工会labor union; trade union
- 弄清to clarify; to fully understand
- 手镯bracelet
- 放出to let off; to give out
- 时报"Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times)
- 有幸fortunately
- 松子pine nut
- 煎熬to suffer; to torture
- 略brief; sketchy; outline; summary
- 绷to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin)
- 耽搁to 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.
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