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 8,301–8,400

Ordered by frequency
  1. 传唤chuán huàna summons (to the police); subpoena
  2. 侧面cè miànlateral side; side
  3. 公牛gōng niúbull
  4. 出头chū tóuto get out of a predicament; to stick out
  5. 包袱bāo fuwrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth
  6. 千真万确qiān zhēn wàn quèabsolutely true (idiom); manifold
  7. 取回qǔ huíto retrieve
  8. 受益shòu yìto benefit from; profit
  9. 古典gǔ diǎnclassical
  10. 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff
  11. 坡pōslope; CL:個|个[gè]
  12. 夏日xià rìsummertime
  13. 少见shǎo jiànrare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
  14. 庞德Páng DéPang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽; Pound (name)
  15. 徘徊pái huáito pace back and forth; to dither; to hesitate
  16. 思路sī lùline of thought; way of thinking
  17. 慰wèito comfort; to console
  18. 扛gāngto raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together
  19. 拖鞋tuō xiéslippers; sandals
  20. 招募zhāo mùto recruit; to enlist
  21. 接替jiē tìto replace; to take over (a position or post)
  22. 武力wǔ lìmilitary force
  23. 比不上bǐ bù shàngcan't compare with
  24. 淫荡yín dàngloose in morals; lascivious
  25. 潮流cháo liútide; current
  26. 灯泡dēng pàolight bulb; see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]
  27. 爵士乐jué shì yuèjazz (loanword)
  28. 番茄fān qiétomato
  29. 白白bái báiin vain; to no purpose
  30. 私奔sī bēnto elope
  31. 纽扣niǔ kòubutton
  32. 胶片jiāo piàn(photographic) film
  33. 行头háng tóuteam leader (archaic); shopkeeper (archaic)
  34. 表哥biǎo gēolder male cousin via female line
  35. 覆fùto cover; to overflow
  36. 逃生táo shēngto flee for one's life
  37. 金刚jīn gāngdiamond; (used to translate Sanskrit "vajra", a thunderbolt or mythical weapon)
  38. 事后shì hòuafter the event; in hindsight
  39. 互hùmutual
  40. 公文包gōng wén bāobriefcase; attaché case
  41. 前所未有qián suǒ wèi yǒuunprecedented
  42. 动摇dòng yáoto sway; to waver
  43. 可否kě fǒuis it possible or not?
  44. 周到zhōu dàothoughtful; considerate
  45. 囊nángsack; purse
  46. 备忘录bèi wàng lùmemorandum; aide-memoire
  47. 字条zì tiáobrief note
  48. 尤物yóu wùrarity; rare object
  49. 层次céng cìlayer; level
  50. 拳手quán shǒuboxer
  51. 指使zhǐ shǐto incite; to prompt (sb to do sth)
  52. 捍卫hàn wèito defend; to uphold; to safeguard
  53. 摩擦mó cāfriction; rubbing
  54. 改革gǎi géreform; CL:次[cì],種|种[zhǒng],項|项[xiàng]
  55. 旅行者lǚ xíng zhětraveler
  56. 替身tì shēnstand-in; substitute
  57. 村民cūn mínvillager
  58. 氯lǜchlorine (chemistry)
  59. 泡沫pào mòfoam; (soap) bubble
  60. 演技yǎn jìacting; performing skills
  61. 澳洲Ào zhōuAustralia (abbr. for 澳大利亞洲|澳大利亚洲[Àodàlìyà Zhōu])
  62. 破解pò jiěto break (a bond, constraint etc); to explain
  63. 美人鱼měi rén yúmermaid
  64. 背部bèi bùback (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
  65. 臂bìarm
  66. 舰长jiàn zhǎngcommander; captain (of a warship)
  67. 负面fù miànnegative; the negative side
  68. 返校fǎn xiàoto return to school
  69. 遗言yí yánwords of the deceased; last words of the dying
  70. 一大早yī dà zǎoat dawn; at first light
  71. 严密yán mìstrict; tight (organization, surveillance etc)
  72. 乎hū(classical particle similar to 於|于[yú]) in; at
  73. 初次chū cìfor the first time; first (meeting, attempt etc)
  74. 劈pīto hack; to chop
  75. 加仑jiā lúngallon (loanword)
  76. 勾当gòu dàngshady business
  77. 原理yuán lǐprinciple; theory
  78. 外国人wài guó rénforeigner
  79. 奇异qí yìfantastic; bizarre
  80. 戒备jiè bèito take precautions; to guard against (emergency)
  81. 方向盘fāng xiàng pánsteering wheel
  82. 无可奉告wú kě fèng gào(idiom) "no comment"
  83. 有机yǒu jīorganic
  84. 桃子táo zipeach
  85. 河流hé liúriver; CL:條|条[tiáo]
  86. 玷污diàn wūto stain; to sully
  87. 老太婆lǎo tài póold woman (at times contemptuous)
  88. 药丸yào wánpill; CL:粒[lì]
  89. 跑车pǎo chēracing bicycle; racing car; sports car; (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train
  90. 辅助fǔ zhùto assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary
  91. 通宵tōng xiāoall night; throughout the night
  92. 阴性yīn xìngnegative; feminine
  93. 阿里Ā lǐAli (name); Ali (c. 600-661), the fourth caliph of Islam
  94. 障zhàngto block; to hinder
  95. 预先yù xiānbeforehand; in advance
  96. 信托xìn tuōto entrust; trust bond (finance)
  97. 创新chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
  98. 吊死diào sǐdeath by hanging; to hang oneself
  99. 外衣wài yīouter clothing; semblance
  100. 奶牛nǎi niúmilk cow; dairy cow

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.