Top 10,000 Chinese words
The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 9,301–9,400
Ordered by frequency- 脉arteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
- 脑震荡(med.) cerebral concussion
- 自便to do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself
- 衰竭organ failure; exhaustion
- 转悠to roll; to wander around
- 遍布to cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
- 重逢to meet again; to be reunited
- 野猫wildcat; stray cat
- 键盘keyboard
- 闹鬼haunted
- 颤to tremble; to shiver
- 马厩stable
- 上天Heaven; Providence; God; the sky above
- 乞丐beggar
- 伟big; large
- 余下remaining
- 克莱Clay (name)
- 全速top speed; at full speed
- 冈ridge; mound
- 创建to found; to establish
- 割断to cut off; to sever
- 匕首dagger
- 卡斯特罗Castro (name); Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
- 卡门Carmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Méi lǐ měi]
- 叉子fork; CL:把[bǎ]
- 坠to fall; to drop
- 屈bent; to feel wronged
- 搭乘to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
- 摄影棚film studio; television studio
- 斧头ax; hatchet
- 施展to use fully; to put to use
- 朋friend
- 树木tree
- 案情details of a case; case
- 殡仪馆the undertaker's; funeral parlor
- 油门accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
- 法式rule; method
- 深渊abyss
- 火把torch; CL:把[bǎ]
- 电缆(electric) cable
- 粗俗vulgar
- 网页web page
- 置身to place oneself; to stay
- 藐视to despise; to look down on
- 虚假false; phony
- 视而不见(idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
- 贝壳shell (of a mollusk)
- 超模supermodel
- 转机(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
- 连锁to interlock; to be linked
- 里边inside
- 长发long hair
- 饶恕to forgive; to pardon
- 骨髓bone marrow
- 习俗custom; tradition
- 伸张to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
- 例行routine (task, procedure etc); as usual
- 冒充to feign; to pretend to be
- 农夫peasant; farmer
- 剪辑to edit (video images, film)
- 动听pleasant to listen to
- 南美South America
- 取胜to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
- 合唱团chorus; choir
- 同感(have the) same feeling; similar impression
- 吸尘器vacuum cleaner; dust catcher
- 墨西哥人Mexican
- 妃imperial concubine
- 宣告to declare; to proclaim
- 巧妙ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
- 弯曲to bend; to curve around
- 微妙subtle
- 怪罪to blame
- 想方设法to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
- 拉丁语Latin (language)
- 日出sunrise
- 月经menstruation; a woman's period
- 枕(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhèn])
- 桑德拉Sandra (name)
- 椅chair
- 残暴brutal; vicious; ruthless
- 沸腾(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over
- 火热fiery; burning
- 炸鸡fried chicken
- 疤痕scar
- 相连to link; to join
- 篝火bonfire
- 紧迫pressing; urgent
- 绊倒to trip; to stumble
- 群岛group of islands; archipelago
- 膏ointment; paste
- 草率careless; negligent
- 衷心heartfelt; wholehearted
- 铭记to engrave in one's memory
- 驱使to urge; to prompt
- 魅demon; magic
- 一旁aside; to the side of
- 上层upper layer
- 下属subordinate; underling
- 人马men and horses; troops
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.
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