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 8,201–8,300

Ordered by frequency
  1. 民事mín shìcivil case; agricultural affairs
  2. 源自yuán zìto originate from
  3. 热带rè dàithe tropics; tropical
  4. 痴chīimbecile; sentimental
  5. 科幻kē huànscience fiction; abbr. for 科學幻想|科学幻想[kē xué huàn xiǎng]
  6. 称赞chēng zànto praise; to acclaim
  7. 美容měi róngto improve one's appearance (using cosmetics or cosmetic surgery); to make oneself more attractive
  8. 袖子xiù zisleeve
  9. 车队chē duìmotorcade; fleet
  10. 邦bāng(bound form) country; nation; state
  11. 面罩miàn zhàomask; visor
  12. 马子mǎ zibandit; brigand; gambling chip
  13. 一来yī láifirstly, ...
  14. 丰满fēng mǎnample; well developed
  15. 人手rén shǒumanpower; staff
  16. 侵略qīn lüèto invade; invasion
  17. 动议dòng yìmotion; proposal
  18. 即兴jí xìngimprovisation (in the arts); impromptu
  19. 四分之一sì fēn zhī yīone-quarter
  20. 失礼shī lǐto act discourteously; forgive me (for my impropriety)
  21. 山顶shān dǐnghilltop
  22. 州立zhōu lìstate-run
  23. 当做dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as
  24. 心烦意乱xīn fán yì luànlit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety
  25. 溜冰liū bīngice skating; (slang) to do meth
  26. 炒鱿鱼chǎo yóu yú(coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb
  27. 爱因斯坦Ài yīn sī tǎnAlbert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist
  28. 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication)
  29. 紧身jǐn shēnskintight
  30. 群体qún tǐcommunity; colony
  31. 股份gǔ fèna share (in a company); stock
  32. 茄子qié zieggplant (Solanum melongena L.); aubergine
  33. 调味tiáo wèiseasoning; condiment
  34. 躲藏duǒ cángto conceal oneself; to go into hiding
  35. 过节guò jiéto celebrate a festival; after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
  36. 这会儿zhè huì r(coll.) now; this moment
  37. 迷住mí zhuto fascinate; to strongly attract
  38. 遮住zhē zhùto cover (up); to block
  39. 邮局yóu júpost office; CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
  40. 上方shàng fāngplace above (it); upper part (of it)
  41. 下流xià liúlower course of a river; low-class
  42. 丫yāfork; branch
  43. 为所欲为wéi suǒ yù wéi(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
  44. 以内yǐ nèiwithin; less than
  45. 冬dōngwinter
  46. 分娩fēn miǎnlabor; parturition
  47. 刑警xíng jǐngcriminal police (abbr. for 刑事警察[xíng shì jǐng chá])
  48. 国安guó ānnational security (abbr. for 國家安全|国家安全[guó jiā ān quán]); national security act
  49. 圣灵Shèng língHoly Ghost; Holy Spirit
  50. 屠夫tú fūbutcher; fig. murderous dictator
  51. 拐杖guǎi zhàngcrutches; crutch
  52. 拨号bō hàoto dial a telephone number
  53. 授予shòu yǔto award; to confer
  54. 推理tuī lǐreasoning; inference
  55. 更新gēng xīnto replace the old with new; to renew
  56. 替换tì huànto exchange; to replace; to substitute for; to switch
  57. 未成年wèi chéng niánunderage
  58. 比利时Bǐ lì shíBelgium
  59. 牙膏yá gāotoothpaste; CL:管[guǎn]
  60. 玉yùjade
  61. 留心liú xīnto be careful; to pay attention to
  62. 相见xiāng jiànto see each other; to meet in person
  63. 笑脸xiào liǎnsmiling face; smiley :) ☺
  64. 组建zǔ jiànto organize; to set up
  65. 胡言乱语hú yán luàn yǔbabbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch
  66. 触动chù dòngto touch; to stir up (trouble or emotions)
  67. 讯号xùn hàosignal
  68. 车窗chē chuāngcar window; window of a vehicle (bus, train etc)
  69. 重组chóng zǔto reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
  70. 限xiànto limit; to restrict
  71. 韦伯wéi bóweber (unit of magnetic flux, Wb)
  72. 乃nǎito be; thus
  73. 人行道rén xíng dàosidewalk
  74. 储存chǔ cúnstockpile; to store
  75. 勋爵xūn juéLord (UK hereditary nobility); UK life peer
  76. 咖啡因kā fēi yīncaffeine (loanword)
  77. 垃圾箱lā jī xiāngrubbish can; garbage can
  78. 底部dǐ bùbottom
  79. 庞大páng dàhuge; enormous; tremendous
  80. 忠于zhōng yúto be loyal to
  81. 悠yōulong or drawn out; remote in time or space
  82. 感恩gǎn ēnto be grateful
  83. 拳击手quán jī shǒuboxer
  84. 挚爱zhì àitrue love
  85. 推销员tuī xiāo yuánsales representative; salesperson
  86. 提早tí zǎoahead of schedule; sooner than planned
  87. 玩牌wán páito play cards; to play mahjong
  88. 眠miánto sleep; to hibernate
  89. 美人měi rénbeauty; belle
  90. 蛋白质dàn bái zhìprotein
  91. 警署jǐng shǔpolice station (abbr. for 警察署[jǐng chá shǔ])
  92. 轰炸hōng zhàto bomb; to bombard
  93. 轻而易举qīng ér yì jǔeasy; with no difficulty
  94. 过后guò hòuafter the event
  95. 迹jìfootprint; mark
  96. 面谈miàn tánface-to-face meeting; an interview
  97. 验证yàn zhèngto inspect and verify; experimental verification
  98. 不择手段bù zé shǒu duànby fair means or foul; by hook or by crook
  99. 五月Wǔ yuèMay; fifth month (of the lunar year)
  100. 会计师kuài jì shīaccountant

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.