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 8,601–8,700

Ordered by frequency
  1. 十八shí bāeighteen; 18
  2. 口哨kǒu shàowhistle
  3. 咕gū(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
  4. 嘣bēng(onom.) thump; boom
  5. 坠机zhuì jīairplane crash
  6. 声誉shēng yùreputation; fame
  7. 夏季xià jìsummer
  8. 大方dà fāngexpert; scholar
  9. 常客cháng kèfrequent visitor; fig. sth that crops up frequently
  10. 录制lù zhìto record (video or audio)
  11. 情绪化qíng xù huàemotional; sentimental
  12. 惯guànaccustomed to; used to
  13. 意料yì liàoto anticipate; to expect; expectations
  14. 扭转niǔ zhuǎnto reverse; to turn around (an undesirable situation)
  15. 普林斯顿Pǔ lín sī dùnPrinceton, New Jersey
  16. 有害yǒu hàidestructive; harmful
  17. 永别yǒng biéto part forever; eternal parting (i.e. death)
  18. 泳装yǒng zhuāngswimsuit
  19. 洪水hóng shuǐdeluge; flood
  20. 病态bìng tàimorbid or abnormal state
  21. 看病kàn bìngto visit a doctor; to see a patient
  22. 纸杯zhǐ bēipaper cup
  23. 脉冲mài chōngpulse (physics)
  24. 苦恼kǔ nǎovexed; distressed
  25. 衡量héng liángto weigh; to examine
  26. 诽谤fěi bàngto slander; to libel
  27. 谷仓gǔ cāngbarn
  28. 貌màoappearance
  29. 踹chuàito kick; to trample
  30. 驾驶员jià shǐ yuánpilot; driver
  31. 高速路gāo sù lùhighway; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gāo sù gōng lù])
  32. 龟guītortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold
  33. 一次性yī cì xìngone-off (offer); one-time
  34. 个别gè biéindividually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare
  35. 入伙rù huǒto join a group; to become a member
  36. 分局fēn júbranch office; sub-bureau
  37. 分居fēn jūto separate (married couple); to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
  38. 区分qū fēnto differentiate; to draw a distinction
  39. 厘米lí mǐcentimeter
  40. 发达fā dáwell-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand
  41. 叛军pàn jūnrebel army
  42. 喜悦xǐ yuèhappy; joyous
  43. 娃wábaby; doll
  44. 宁níngpeaceful; to pacify
  45. 愈yùthe more...(the more...); to recover
  46. 意想不到yì xiǎng bù dàounexpected; previously unimagined
  47. 承包商chéng bāo shāngcontractor
  48. 拣jiǎnto choose; to pick
  49. 指挥部zhǐ huī bùheadquarters; command post
  50. 摇头yáo tóuto shake one's head
  51. 明了míng liǎoto understand clearly; to be clear about
  52. 泊bóto anchor; touch at
  53. 混进hùn jìnto infiltrate; to sneak into
  54. 玛丽亚Mǎ lì yàMaria (name)
  55. 瓦斯wǎ sīgas (loanword)
  56. 社团shè tuánassociation; society
  57. 维也纳Wéi yě nàVienna, capital of Austria
  58. 编码biān mǎto code; to encode
  59. 西南xī nánsouthwest
  60. 试试看shì shì kànto give it a try
  61. 超速chāo sùto exceed the speed limit; to speed
  62. 遗漏yí lòuto overlook; to miss
  63. 重要性zhòng yào xìngimportance
  64. 销量xiāo liàngsales volume
  65. 领导人lǐng dǎo rénleader
  66. 马铃薯mǎ líng shǔpotato
  67. 上报shàng bàoto report to one's superiors; to appear in the news
  68. 不可避免bù kě bì miǎnunavoidably
  69. 了如指掌liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎngto know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
  70. 争辩zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle
  71. 刻意kè yìintentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
  72. 化合物huà hé wùchemical compound
  73. 化身huà shēnincarnation; reincarnation
  74. 双人shuāng réntwo-person; double
  75. 变种biàn zhǒng(biology) a mutation; a variety; a variant; a variety
  76. 天线tiān xiànantenna; mast
  77. 战斗机zhàn dòu jīfighter (aircraft)
  78. 抓捕zhuā bǔto seize; to capture
  79. 收留shōu liúto offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
  80. 无与伦比wú yǔ lún bǐincomparable
  81. 暗中àn zhōngin the dark; in secret
  82. 木板mù bǎnslab; board
  83. 机灵jī lingclever; quick-witted
  84. 水池shuǐ chípond; pool
  85. 漂piāoto float; to drift
  86. 盲人máng rénblind person
  87. 矮子ǎi zishort person; dwarf
  88. 篮子lán zibasket; CL:隻|只[zhī]
  89. 紫zǐpurple; violet
  90. 背面bèi miànthe back; the reverse side
  91. 藏匿cáng nìto cover up; to conceal
  92. 进食jìn shíto eat one's meal
  93. 通报tōng bàoto inform; to notify
  94. 预报yù bàoforecast
  95. 风头fēng tóuwind direction; the way the wind blows
  96. 驻zhùto halt; to stay
  97. 不久前bù jiǔ qiánnot long ago
  98. 单身汉dān shēn hànbachelor; unmarried man
  99. 地理dì lǐgeography
  100. 头目tóu mùringleader; gang leader

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.