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 9,301–9,400

Ordered by frequency
  1. 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
  2. 脑震荡nǎo zhèn dàng(med.) cerebral concussion
  3. 自便zì biànto do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself
  4. 衰竭shuāi jiéorgan failure; exhaustion
  5. 转悠zhuàn youto roll; to wander around
  6. 遍布biàn bùto cover the whole (area); to be found throughout
  7. 重逢chóng féngto meet again; to be reunited
  8. 野猫yě māowildcat; stray cat
  9. 键盘jiàn pánkeyboard
  10. 闹鬼nào guǐhaunted
  11. 颤chànto tremble; to shiver
  12. 马厩mǎ jiùstable
  13. 上天shàng tiānHeaven; Providence; God; the sky above
  14. 乞丐qǐ gàibeggar
  15. 伟wěibig; large
  16. 余下yú xiàremaining
  17. 克莱Kè láiClay (name)
  18. 全速quán sùtop speed; at full speed
  19. 冈gāngridge; mound
  20. 创建chuàng jiànto found; to establish
  21. 割断gē duànto cut off; to sever
  22. 匕首bǐ shǒudagger
  23. 卡斯特罗Kǎ sī tè luóCastro (name); Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008
  24. 卡门Kǎ ménCarmen (name); Carmen, 1875 opera by Georges Bizet 比才 based on novel by Prosper Mérimée 梅里美[Méi lǐ měi]
  25. 叉子chā zifork; CL:把[bǎ]
  26. 坠zhuìto fall; to drop
  27. 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
  28. 搭乘dā chéngto ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
  29. 摄影棚shè yǐng péngfilm studio; television studio
  30. 斧头fǔ tóuax; hatchet
  31. 施展shī zhǎnto use fully; to put to use
  32. 朋péngfriend
  33. 树木shù mùtree
  34. 案情àn qíngdetails of a case; case
  35. 殡仪馆bìn yí guǎnthe undertaker's; funeral parlor
  36. 油门yóu ménaccelerator (pedal); gas pedal
  37. 法式fǎ shìrule; method
  38. 深渊shēn yuānabyss
  39. 火把huǒ bǎtorch; CL:把[bǎ]
  40. 电缆diàn lǎn(electric) cable
  41. 粗俗cū súvulgar
  42. 网页wǎng yèweb page
  43. 置身zhì shēnto place oneself; to stay
  44. 藐视miǎo shìto despise; to look down on
  45. 虚假xū jiǎfalse; phony
  46. 视而不见shì ér bù jiàn(idiom) to turn a blind eye to; to ignore
  47. 贝壳bèi késhell (of a mollusk)
  48. 超模chāo mósupermodel
  49. 转机zhuǎn jī(to take) a turn for the better; to change planes
  50. 连锁lián suǒto interlock; to be linked
  51. 里边lǐ bianinside
  52. 长发cháng fàlong hair
  53. 饶恕ráo shùto forgive; to pardon
  54. 骨髓gǔ suǐbone marrow
  55. 习俗xí súcustom; tradition
  56. 伸张shēn zhāngto uphold (e.g. justice or virtue); to promote
  57. 例行lì xíngroutine (task, procedure etc); as usual
  58. 冒充mào chōngto feign; to pretend to be
  59. 农夫nóng fūpeasant; farmer
  60. 剪辑jiǎn jíto edit (video images, film)
  61. 动听dòng tīngpleasant to listen to
  62. 南美Nán MěiSouth America
  63. 取胜qǔ shèngto score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents
  64. 合唱团hé chàng tuánchorus; choir
  65. 同感tóng gǎn(have the) same feeling; similar impression
  66. 吸尘器xī chén qìvacuum cleaner; dust catcher
  67. 墨西哥人Mò xī gē rénMexican
  68. 妃fēiimperial concubine
  69. 宣告xuān gàoto declare; to proclaim
  70. 巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
  71. 弯曲wān qūto bend; to curve around
  72. 微妙wēi miàosubtle
  73. 怪罪guài zuìto blame
  74. 想方设法xiǎng fāng shè fǎto think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other
  75. 拉丁语Lā dīng yǔLatin (language)
  76. 日出rì chūsunrise
  77. 月经yuè jīngmenstruation; a woman's period
  78. 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhèn])
  79. 桑德拉Sāng dé lāSandra (name)
  80. 椅yǐchair
  81. 残暴cán bàobrutal; vicious; ruthless
  82. 沸腾fèi téng(of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over
  83. 火热huǒ rèfiery; burning
  84. 炸鸡zhá jīfried chicken
  85. 疤痕bā hénscar
  86. 相连xiāng liánto link; to join
  87. 篝火gōu huǒbonfire
  88. 紧迫jǐn pòpressing; urgent
  89. 绊倒bàn dǎoto trip; to stumble
  90. 群岛qún dǎogroup of islands; archipelago
  91. 膏gāoointment; paste
  92. 草率cǎo shuàicareless; negligent
  93. 衷心zhōng xīnheartfelt; wholehearted
  94. 铭记míng jìto engrave in one's memory
  95. 驱使qū shǐto urge; to prompt
  96. 魅mèidemon; magic
  97. 一旁yī pángaside; to the side of
  98. 上层shàng céngupper layer
  99. 下属xià shǔsubordinate; underling
  100. 人马rén mǎmen 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.