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 7,701–7,800

Ordered by frequency
  1. 搏斗bó dòuto wrestle; to fight; to struggle
  2. 标题biāo títitle; heading
  3. 水准shuǐ zhǔnlevel (of achievement etc); standard
  4. 海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
  5. 灯塔dēng tǎlighthouse; CL:座[zuò]
  6. 煤气méi qìcoal gas; gas (fuel)
  7. 疑惑yí huòto doubt; to distrust
  8. 简短jiǎn duǎnbrief (statement, summary etc); briefly
  9. 缓解huǎn jiěto bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis)
  10. 被告人bèi gào réndefendant (in legal case)
  11. 褐色hè sèbrown
  12. 门前mén qiánin front of the door
  13. 青春期qīng chūn qīpuberty; adolescence
  14. 预防yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
  15. 争斗zhēng dòuto struggle; to fight
  16. 关节guān jiéjoint (physiology); key point
  17. 受损shòu sǔnto suffer damage
  18. 外头wài tououtside; out
  19. 好家伙hǎo jiā huomy God!; oh boy!
  20. 安眠药ān mián yàosleeping pill; CL:粒[lì]
  21. 工地gōng dìconstruction site
  22. 应有yīng yǒuto deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc)
  23. 情妇qíng fùmistress; paramour (of married man)
  24. 户外hù wàioutdoor
  25. 护卫hù wèito guard; to protect
  26. 推断tuī duànto infer; to deduce
  27. 新婚xīn hūnnewly wed
  28. 柯林斯Kē lín sīCollins (name)
  29. 残骸cán háiremains; wreckage
  30. 没意思méi yì siboring; of no interest
  31. 添麻烦tiān má fanto cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience
  32. 火药huǒ yàogunpowder
  33. 爵士舞jué shì wǔjazz (loanword)
  34. 直线zhí xiànstraight line; sharply (rise or fall)
  35. 碰见pèng jiànto run into; to meet (unexpectedly)
  36. 耀眼yào yǎnto dazzle; dazzling
  37. 耳机ěr jīheadphones; earphones
  38. 表妹biǎo mèiyounger female cousin via female line
  39. 金库jīn kùtreasury
  40. 书呆子shū dāi zibookworm; pedant
  41. 代理人dài lǐ rénagent
  42. 保险柜bǎo xiǎn guìa safe; strongbox
  43. 偷偷摸摸tōu tōu mō mōsurreptitious; sneaky
  44. 关机guān jīto turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film
  45. 刷牙shuā yáto brush one's teeth
  46. 同谋tóng móuto conspire with sb; to plot
  47. 嗜shìaddicted to; fond of
  48. 圣地shèng dìholy land (of a religion); sacred place
  49. 孕妇yùn fùpregnant woman
  50. 师父shī fuused for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master
  51. 微波炉wēi bō lúmicrowave oven; CL:臺|台[tái]
  52. 怪事guài shìstrange thing; curious occurrence
  53. 愚弄yú nòngto make a fool out of; to fool
  54. 手榴弹shǒu liú dànhand grenade
  55. 拍卖会pāi mài huìauction; CL:場|场[chǎng]
  56. 拾shèto ascend in light steps
  57. 掌管zhǎng guǎnin charge of; to control
  58. 昆虫kūn chónginsect; CL:隻|只[zhī],群[qún],堆[duī]
  59. 歉qiànto apologize; to regret
  60. 特质tè zhìcharacteristic; special quality
  61. 竟敢jìng gǎnto have the impertinence; to have the cheek to
  62. 简报jiǎn bàopresentation; briefing
  63. 谦虚qiān xūmodest; self-effacing
  64. 起点qǐ diǎnstarting point
  65. 阿姆斯特朗Ā mǔ sī tè lǎngsurname Armstrong
  66. 雄xióngmale; staminate
  67. 一般来说yī bān lái shuōgenerally speaking
  68. 上将shàng jiànggeneral; admiral
  69. 上空shàng kōngthe skies above a certain place; (aviation) airspace; (Tw) topless
  70. 世间shì jiānworld; earth
  71. 人命rén mìnghuman life; CL:條|条[tiáo]
  72. 伊娃Yī wáEva (name)
  73. 便车biàn chēto hitchhike
  74. 出国chū guóto go abroad; to leave the country
  75. 出身chū shēnto be born of; to come from
  76. 堕胎duò tāito induce an abortion; induced abortion
  77. 复苏fù sūto recover (health, economic); to resuscitate
  78. 应急yìng jíto respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency
  79. 拐角guǎi jiǎoto turn a corner; corner
  80. 挠náoto scratch; to thwart
  81. 提及tí jíto mention; to raise (a subject)
  82. 杨yángpoplar
  83. 果冻guǒ dònggelatin dessert
  84. 次数cì shùnumber of times; frequency
  85. 死尸sǐ shīa corpse; a dead body
  86. 沿yánalong; to follow (a line, tradition etc)
  87. 洁jiéclean
  88. 清晨qīng chénearly morning
  89. 灿烂càn lànto glitter; brilliant
  90. 缘yuáncause; reason
  91. 蜡làcandle; wax
  92. 讨好tǎo hǎoto get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb
  93. 贩子fàn zitrafficker; dealer; monger; peddler
  94. 迷信mí xìnsuperstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth)
  95. 逃逸táo yìto escape; to run away
  96. 重重chóng chónglayer upon layer; one after another
  97. 铲子chǎn zishovel; spade
  98. 除去chú qùto eliminate; to remove
  99. 鼻涕bí tìnasal mucus; snivel; snot
  100. 万事wàn shìall things

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.