Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 7,401–7,500
Ordered by frequency- 艾滋病AIDS (loanword)
- 送命to lose one's life; to get killed
- 适用to be applicable
- 重演to recur (of events, esp. adverse ones); to repeat (a performance)
- 高中生senior high school student
- 东方east
- 乌crow; black
- 亿万millions and millions
- 光彩luster; splendor
- 反感to be disgusted with; to dislike
- 回电to call sb back (on the phone); a return call
- 安德鲁Andrew (name)
- 延长to prolong; to extend
- 旨意decree; order
- 最为the most
- 法师one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
- 潜hidden; secret
- 照料to tend; to take care of sb
- 看作to look upon as; to regard as
- 砖brick; tile (floor or wall, not roof)
- 空虚hollow; emptiness
- 颤抖to shudder; to shiver
- 二级grade 2; second class
- 交代to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth)
- 养活to provide for; to keep (animals, a family etc)
- 兼职to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job
- 动人touching; moving
- 否决to veto; to overrule
- 品位rank; grade
- 外公(coll.) mother's father; maternal grandfather
- 巨型giant; enormous
- 延to prolong; to extend
- 忙碌busy; bustling
- 排斥to reject; to exclude
- 欧元euro (currency)
- 沟ditch; gutter
- 活命life; to survive
- 置于to place in; to put in (a position)
- 芙used in 芙蓉[fú róng], lotus
- 苍白pale; wan
- 视为to view as; to see as
- 踪迹tracks; trail
- 主宰to dominate; to rule
- 伸展stretching; extension
- 充电to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure)
- 利息interest (on a loan); CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
- 咻call out; jeer
- 地产real estate; landed estate; landed property
- 大屠杀massacre; mass slaughter
- 每月each month
- 浑muddy; turbid; brainless; foolish
- 烟花fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater)
- 父子father and son
- 用处usefulness; CL:個|个[gè]
- 痊愈to recover completely (from illness or injury)
- 终究in the end; after all is said and done
- 脱光to strip naked; to strip nude
- 至极extremely
- 营业to do business; to trade
- 行走to walk
- 设想to imagine; to assume
- 贤worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- 透顶out-and-out; thoroughly
- 郊区suburban district; outskirts; suburbs
- 重力gravity
- 偷窥to peep; to peek
- 北边north; north side
- 咳嗽to cough; CL:陣|阵[zhèn]
- 堡垒fort
- 悍heroic; intrepid
- 改编to adapt; to rearrange
- 教父godfather
- 橘子tangerine; CL:個|个[gè],瓣[bàn]
- 瘀hematoma (internal blood clot); extravasated blood (spilt into surrounding tissue)
- 稿manuscript; draft
- 联赛(sports) league; league tournament
- 花生酱peanut butter
- 议案proposal; motion
- 许诺promise; pledge
- 阳性positive; masculine
- 不怎么not very; not particularly
- 人身person; personal
- 佩to respect; to wear (belt etc)
- 内在inner; internal
- 帅哥handsome guy; lady-killer
- 延续to continue; to go on
- 指南to guide; guidebook
- 挑逗to provoke; to entice
- 斗士warrior; activist
- 楼顶top of a building
- 炫to dazzle; to boast
- 爱好者lover (of art, sports etc); amateur; enthusiast; fan
- 画像portrait; to do a portrait of sb
- 瞄to take aim; (fig.) to aim one's looks at; to glance at
- 粗暴crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh
- 翻过to turn over; to transform
- 西北northwest
- 视力vision; eyesight
- 贫穷poor; impoverished
- 遥控器remote control
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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