Chinese word frequency

Top 5,000 Chinese words

The 5,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.

Words 901–1,000

Ordered by frequency
  1. 吓hèto scare; to intimidate
  2. 原谅yuán liàngto excuse; to forgive
  3. 治疗zhì liáoto treat (an illness); medical treatment
  4. 行为xíng wéiaction; conduct
  5. 比较bǐ jiàoto compare; to contrast
  6. 边biānside; edge
  7. 双shuāngtwo; double
  8. 婚礼hūn lǐwedding ceremony; wedding
  9. 弟弟dì diyounger brother; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
  10. 组织zǔ zhīto organize; organization
  11. 见面jiàn miànto meet; to see each other; CL:次[cì]
  12. 经常jīng chángfrequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
  13. 城市chéng shìcity; town; CL:座[zuò]In context
  14. 老板lǎo bǎnboss; business proprietor
  15. 合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
  16. 来到lái dàoto arrive; to come
  17. 一会儿yī huì ra moment; a while
  18. 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind
  19. 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics
  20. 尔ěrthus; so
  21. 超chāoto exceed; to overtake
  22. 差不多chà bu duōalmost; nearly
  23. 支zhīto support; to sustain
  24. 老婆lǎo pó(coll.) wife
  25. 中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
  26. 可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
  27. 笔bǐpen; pencil
  28. 满mǎnto fill; full
  29. 假gēiused in 假掰[gēi bāi]
  30. 明显míng xiǎnclear; distinct
  31. 研究yán jiūresearch; a study
  32. 意识yì shíconsciousness; awareness
  33. 附近fù jìnnearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhoodIn context
  34. 同性恋tóng xìng liànhomosexuality; gay person
  35. 打扰dǎ rǎoto disturb; to bother
  36. 好运hǎo yùngood luck
  37. 线索xiàn suǒtrail; clues
  38. 面前miàn qiánin front of; facing
  39. 消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
  40. 妹妹mèi meiyounger sister; young woman
  41. 正确zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper
  42. 位置wèi zhiposition; place
  43. 答应dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
  44. 收shōuto receive; to accept
  45. 砸záto smash; to pound
  46. 街jiēstreet; CL:條|条[tiáo]
  47. 电脑diàn nǎocomputer; CL:臺|台[tái]
  48. 区qūarea; region
  49. 撞zhuàngto knock against; to bump into
  50. 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gěi] or 出[chū] etc) to lend
  51. 秒miǎosecond (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit)
  52. 似乎sì hūit seems; seemingly; as if
  53. 放下fàng xiàto lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside
  54. 力量lì liangpower; force; strength
  55. 命令mìng lìngorder; command
  56. 同时tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
  57. 提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
  58. 威胁wēi xiéto threaten; to menace
  59. 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport
  60. 号码hào mǎnumber; CL:堆[duī],個|个[gè]
  61. 日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
  62. 座zuòseat; base
  63. 哪个nǎ gewhich; who
  64. 比如bǐ rúfor example; for instance
  65. 剩下shèng xiàto remain; to be left over
  66. 严重yán zhònggrave; serious
  67. 感gǎnto feel; to move
  68. 享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up
  69. 战争zhàn zhēngwar; conflict; CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
  70. 恭喜gōng xǐto congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!
  71. 杀死shā sǐto kill
  72. 其qíhis; her
  73. 影响yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect
  74. 利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of
  75. 恨hènto hate; to regret
  76. 杀人shā rénhomicide; to murder
  77. 脱tuōto shed; to take off
  78. 陪péito accompany; to keep sb company
  79. 失踪shī zōngto be missing; to disappear
  80. 认真rèn zhēnconscientious; earnestIn context
  81. 真相zhēn xiàngthe truth about sth; the actual facts
  82. 法律fǎ lǜlaw; CL:條|条[tiáo], 套[tào], 個|个[gè]
  83. 训练xùn liànto train; to drill
  84. 米mǐrice; CL:粒[lì]
  85. 值得zhí deworth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
  86. 阿āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration
  87. 主zhǔowner; master
  88. 有意思yǒu yì siinteresting; meaningful
  89. 热rèto warm up; to heat up
  90. 使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ
  91. 差chādifference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)
  92. 方面fāng miànrespect; aspect
  93. 银行yín hángbank; CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
  94. 恐怖kǒng bùterrible; frightful
  95. 尽jǐnto the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme
  96. 原来yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at firstIn context
  97. 警官jǐng guānconstable; police officer
  98. 性感xìng gǎnsex appeal; eroticism
  99. 自杀zì shāto kill oneself; to commit suicide
  100. 酒吧jiǔ bābar (place to buy drinks); CL:家[jiā]

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.