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 8,501–8,600

Ordered by frequency
  1. 无害wú hàiharmless
  2. 明信片míng xìn piànpostcard
  3. 框kuàngframe (e.g. door frame); casing
  4. 此处cǐ chùthis place; here (literary)
  5. 瀑布pù bùwaterfall
  6. 炮弹pào dànartillery shell; CL:枚[méi]
  7. 班机bān jīairliner; (regular) flight (CL:趟[tàng],次[cì],班[bān])
  8. 痉挛jìng luánto jerk; to contort
  9. 福音fú yīngood news; glad tidings
  10. 秘诀mì juésecret know-how; key (to longevity)
  11. 站台zhàn táiplatform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to publicly lend one's support (e.g. for an election candidate)
  12. 纽niǔto turn; to wrench
  13. 要害yào hàivital part; (fig.) key point
  14. 讨价还价tǎo jià huán jiàto haggle over price; to bargain
  15. 远程yuǎn chéngremote; long distance
  16. 违规wéi guīto violate the rules
  17. 钝dùnblunt; stupid
  18. 风流fēng liúdistinguished and accomplished; outstanding
  19. 香料xiāng liàospice; flavoring
  20. 骑警qí jǐngmounted police (on horse or motorbike)
  21. 付款fù kuǎnto pay a sum of money; payment
  22. 传讯chuán xùnto summon (a witness); to subpoena
  23. 修补xiū bǔto mend
  24. 出没chū mòto come and go; to roam about (mostly unseen)
  25. 加热jiā rèto heat
  26. 十字shí zìcross road; cross-shaped
  27. 后卫hòu wèirear guard; backfield
  28. 告密者gào mì zhětell-tale; informer (esp. to police)
  29. 园丁yuán dīnggardener
  30. 士官shì guānwarrant officer; petty officer
  31. 安全局ān quán júsecurity bureau
  32. 寺sìBuddhist temple; mosque
  33. 尊贵zūn guìrespected; respectable
  34. 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
  35. 开胃kāi wèito whet the appetite; appetizing
  36. 录音带lù yīn dàiaudio tape; CL:盤|盘[pán],盒[hé]
  37. 得罪dé zuìto commit an offense; to violate the law
  38. 总理zǒng lǐpremier; prime minister
  39. 挥手huī shǒuto wave (one's hand)
  40. 支持者zhī chí zhěsupporter
  41. 救济jiù jìemergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
  42. 深感shēn gǎnto feel deeply
  43. 灰尘huī chéndust
  44. 特制tè zhìspecially made; custom-made
  45. 疗程liáo chéngcourse of treatment
  46. 盟友méng yǒually
  47. 笨拙bèn zhuōclumsy; awkward
  48. 精明jīng míngastute; shrewd; smart
  49. 老兵lǎo bīngold soldier; veteran; veteran (sb who has a lot of experience in some domain)
  50. 腌yānto salt; to pickle
  51. 蒙在鼓里méng zài gǔ lǐlit. kept inside a drum (idiom); fig. completely in the dark
  52. 贵宾guì bīnhonored guest; distinguished guest
  53. 锋利fēng lìsharp (e.g. knife blade); incisive
  54. 闹钟nào zhōngalarm clock
  55. 阿尔巴尼亚Ā ěr bā ní yàAlbania
  56. 零食líng shíbetween-meal nibbles; snacks
  57. 麻痹má bìparalysis; palsy
  58. 乔纳森Qiáo nà sēnJonathan (name)
  59. 偏执piān zhíextreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
  60. 军用jūn yòng(for) military use; military application
  61. 吴Wúsurname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  62. 坚守jiān shǒuto hold fast to; to stick to
  63. 垫子diàn zicushion; mat; pad
  64. 头版tóu bǎn(newspaper's) front page
  65. 女皇nǚ huángempress
  66. 学员xué yuánstudent; member of an institution of learning
  67. 宣判xuān pànto deliver one's judgement; to give one's verdict
  68. 山洞shān dòngcavern; cave
  69. 布道bù dàoto preach (the Christian gospel)
  70. 拖住tuō zhùto hold up; to hinder
  71. 拷贝kǎo bèicopy; to copy (loanword)
  72. 指数zhǐ shù(numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent
  73. 机遇jī yùopportunity; favorable circumstance
  74. 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
  75. 毁掉huǐ diàoto destroy
  76. 流产liú chǎnto have a miscarriage; (fig.) to fail; to fall through
  77. 流言liú yánrumor; gossip
  78. 海龟hǎi guīturtle; Internet slang for 海歸|海归[hǎi guī]
  79. 特地tè dìspecially; for a special purpose
  80. 电话线diàn huà xiàntelephone line; telephone wire
  81. 百万富翁bǎi wàn fù wēngmillionaire
  82. 薪xīn(literary) firewood; fuel; (bound form) salary
  83. 让步ràng bùto concede; to give in
  84. 邮票yóu piào(postage) stamp; CL:枚[méi],張|张[zhāng]
  85. 配对pèi duìto pair up; to match up
  86. 银河Yín héMilky Way
  87. 隆重lóng zhònggrand; prosperous
  88. 驶shǐ(of a vehicle, horse etc) to go fast; to speed; (of a vehicle) to run; to go
  89. 高明gāo míngbrilliant; superior; wise
  90. 专利zhuān lìpatent; sth uniquely enjoyed (or possessed etc) by a certain group of people
  91. 乔丹Qiáo dānJordan (name)
  92. 何方hé fāngwhere?
  93. 光头guāng tóushaven head; bald head
  94. 入学rù xuéto enter a school or college; to go to school for the first time as a child
  95. 公立gōng lìpublic (e.g. school, hospital)
  96. 关乎guān hūto relate to; concerning
  97. 出海chū hǎito go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets
  98. 分类fēn lèito classify
  99. 别扭biè niuawkward; difficult
  100. 前程qián chéngfuture (career etc) prospects

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.