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 8,701–8,800

Ordered by frequency
  1. 巴特Bā tèBarth or Barthes (name); Roland Barthes (1915-1980), French critic and semiotician
  2. 店主diàn zhǔshop owner
  3. 感激不尽gǎn jī bù jìncan't thank sb enough (idiom)
  4. 挪开nuó kāito move (sth) aside; to step aside
  5. 捷径jié jìngshortcut
  6. 昔xīformer times; the past
  7. 泪水lèi shuǐteardrop; tears
  8. 活人huó rénliving person
  9. 猩猩xīng xingorangutan; (slang) dialect speaker whose speech is corrupted by Standard Mandarin
  10. 玛雅Mǎ yǎMaya (civilization)
  11. 琪qí(literary) fine jade
  12. 白兰地bái lán dìbrandy (loanword)
  13. 盼望pàn wàngto hope for; to look forward to
  14. 磨蹭mó cengto rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally
  15. 米饭mǐ fàn(cooked) rice
  16. 精致jīng zhìdelicate; fine; exquisite; refined
  17. 罢休bà xiūto give up; to abandon (a goal etc)
  18. 险境xiǎn jìngcritical circumstances; risky conditions
  19. 音响yīn xiǎngsound; acoustics
  20. 一代yī dàigeneration
  21. 亲身qīn shēnpersonal; oneself
  22. 伎俩jì liǎngtrick; scheme; ploy; skill
  23. 六月Liù yuèJune; sixth month (of the lunar year)
  24. 凡事fán shìeverything
  25. 凭空píng kōngbaseless (lie); without foundation
  26. 十六shí liùsixteen; 16
  27. 吞噬tūn shìto swallow; to engulf
  28. 壁bìwall; rampart
  29. 夥huǒmany; numerous
  30. 巴尔的摩Bā ěr dì móBaltimore (place name, surname etc)
  31. 开支kāi zhīexpenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bǐ],項|项[xiàng]); to spend money
  32. 惧怕jù pàto be afraid
  33. 惭愧cán kuìashamed
  34. 懒得lǎn denot to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to
  35. 把手bǎ shǒuto shake hands
  36. 抢救qiǎng jiùto rescue
  37. 挥舞huī wǔto brandish; to wave sth
  38. 捉弄zhuō nòngto tease
  39. 握住wò zhùto grip; to hold
  40. 教区jiào qūparish
  41. 料理liào lǐto arrange; to handle
  42. 服饰fú shìapparel; clothing and personal adornment
  43. 歌星gē xīngsinging star; famous singer
  44. 残疾cán jídisabled; handicapped
  45. 没劲méi jìnto have no strength; to feel weak
  46. 泉quánspring (small stream); mouth of a spring
  47. 海豹hǎi bào(zoology) seal
  48. 涂鸦tú yāgraffiti; scrawl
  49. 淋浴lín yùto take a shower; shower
  50. 照办zhào bànto follow the rules; to do as instructed
  51. 积蓄jī xùto save; to put aside; savings
  52. 空地kōng dìair-to-surface (missile)
  53. 糕gāocake
  54. 肥胖féi pàngfat; obese
  55. 自如zì rúunobstructed; unconstrained
  56. 认错rèn cuòto admit an error; to acknowledge one's mistake
  57. 谭Tánsurname Tan
  58. 躯体qū tǐ(human) body
  59. 逝去shì qùto elapse; to pass away
  60. 陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
  61. 丹麦Dān màiDenmark
  62. 传感器chuán gǎn qìsensor; transducer
  63. 出彩chū cǎito perform outstandingly; outstanding; dazzling; brilliant
  64. 卖淫mài yínprostitution; to prostitute oneself
  65. 发育fā yùto develop; to mature
  66. 叛变pàn biànto defect; to betray
  67. 叛国pàn guótreason
  68. 咦yíexpression of surprise
  69. 喋喋不休dié dié bù xiūto chatter or jabber on and on
  70. 孙sūngrandson; descendant
  71. 巷子xiàng zialley
  72. 开端kāi duānstart; beginning
  73. 恐惧症kǒng jù zhèngphobia
  74. 恶人è rénevil person; vile creature; villain; (archaic) ugly person
  75. 手提箱shǒu tí xiāngsuitcase
  76. 抬高tái gāoto raise (price etc)
  77. 拔掉bá diàoto pluck; to pull off
  78. 招待会zhāo dài huìa reception; CL:個|个[gè],次[cì]
  79. 捣蛋dǎo dànto cause trouble; to stir up trouble
  80. 橄榄gǎn lǎnChinese olive; olive
  81. 歌舞gē wǔsinging and dancing
  82. 泳yǒngswimming; to swim
  83. 泽zépool; pond
  84. 消耗xiāo hàoto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend
  85. 生育shēng yùto give birth to; to bear; fertility
  86. 穿梭chuān suōto travel back and forth; to shuttle
  87. 糊弄hù nongto fool; to deceive
  88. 线条xiàn tiáoline (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
  89. 肠子cháng ziintestines
  90. 股东gǔ dōngshareholder; stockholder
  91. 触发chù fāto trigger; to spark
  92. 诠释quán shìto interpret; to comment and explain
  93. 请假qǐng jiàto request leave of absence
  94. 赛场sài chǎngracetrack; field (for athletics competition)
  95. 迄今为止qì jīn wéi zhǐso far; up to now
  96. 配乐pèi yuèto create music for a movie or stage production; to dub music onto a soundtrack
  97. 一如既往yī rú - jì wǎng(idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always
  98. 会谈huì tántalks; discussions
  99. 修车xiū chēto repair a bike (car etc)
  100. 全美quán Měithroughout the United States; the whole of America

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.