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 1,001–1,100

Ordered by frequency
  1. 讨论tǎo lùnto discuss; to talk over
  2. 同样tóng yàngsame; equal; similar; similarly; also; too
  3. 身份shēn fènidentity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc)
  4. 什么样shén me yàngwhat kind?; what sort?
  5. 说明shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
  6. 安静ān jìngquiet; peacefulIn context
  7. 岛dǎoisland; CL:個|个[gè],座[zuò]
  8. 模特mó tè(fashion) model (loanword)
  9. 多么duō mehow (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
  10. 足够zú gòuenough; sufficient
  11. 饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
  12. 学生xué shengstudent; schoolchild
  13. 红hóngred; popular
  14. 鸡jīfowl; chicken
  15. 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children)
  16. 下午xià wǔafternoon; CL:個|个[gè]
  17. 一旦yī dànin case (sth happens); if
  18. 仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet
  19. 动作dòng zuòmovement; motion; action (CL:個|个[gè]); to act; to move
  20. 追duīto sculpt; to carve
  21. 谢xièto thank; (bound form) to apologize
  22. 意味着yì wèi zheto signify; to mean
  23. 受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
  24. 群qúngroup; crowd
  25. 之一zhī yīone of (sth); one out of a multitude
  26. 因yīncause; reason
  27. 约yāoto weigh in a balance or on a scale
  28. 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush
  29. 面对miàn duìto face; to confront
  30. 怀疑huái yíto doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
  31. 慢mànslow
  32. 居然jū ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise
  33. 就要jiù yàowill; shall
  34. 家人jiā rénfamily member; (old) servant
  35. 拒绝jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject
  36. 雷léithunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[dì léi] land mine
  37. 演员yǎn yuánactor; actress; performer
  38. 烧shāoto burn; to cook
  39. 真实zhēn shítrue; real
  40. 交易jiāo yìto deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal
  41. 破pòbroken; damaged
  42. 停止tíng zhǐto stop; to halt; to cease
  43. 人生rén shēnglife (one's time on earth)
  44. 清qīng(of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still
  45. 因此yīn cǐthus; consequently; as a result
  46. 恶心ě xīnnausea; to feel sick
  47. 受伤shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
  48. 夜yènight
  49. 婊子biǎo ziprostitute; whore
  50. 属于shǔ yúto be classified as; to belong to
  51. 舞蹈wǔ dǎodance (performance art); dancing
  52. 根据gēn jùaccording to; based on
  53. 几乎jī hūalmost; nearly; practically
  54. 算是suàn shìconsidered to be; at last
  55. 演yǎnto perform (a play etc); to stage (a show); (bound form) to develop; to play out; to carry out (a task)
  56. 尼níBuddhist nun; (often used in phonetic spellings)
  57. 答案dá ànanswer; solution
  58. 出色chū sèremarkable; outstanding
  59. 目前mù qiánat the present time; currently
  60. 活动huó dòngto exercise; to move about
  61. 梦想mèng xiǎng(fig.) to dream of; dream
  62. 锁suǒto lock; to lock up; a lock (CL:把[bǎ])
  63. 最终zuì zhōngfinal; ultimate
  64. 再次zài cìonce more; once again
  65. 大人dà renadult; grownup
  66. 既然jì ránsince; as; this being the case
  67. 人员rén yuánstaff; crew
  68. 英雄yīng xiónghero; CL:個|个[gè]
  69. 坐下zuò xiato sit down
  70. 感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
  71. 事件shì jiànevent; happening
  72. 副fùsecondary; auxiliary
  73. 吻wěnkiss; to kiss
  74. 罪zuìguilt; crime
  75. 逃táoto escape; to run away
  76. 不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to; cannot but
  77. 通知tōng zhīto notify; to inform
  78. 无论wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
  79. 放开fàng kāito let go; to release
  80. 刀dāoknife; blade
  81. 后来hòu láiafterwards; later; newly arrived
  82. 愿yuàn(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing
  83. 适合shì héto fit; to suit
  84. 允许yǔn xǔto permit; to allow
  85. 失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope
  86. 意见yì jiànidea; opinion
  87. 获得huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
  88. 要是yào shi(coll.) if
  89. 近jìnnear; close to
  90. 数shǔto count; to count as; to regard as
  91. 公寓gōng yùapartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tào])
  92. 文件wén jiàndocument; file
  93. 只能zhǐ néngcan only; obliged to do sth
  94. 寻找xún zhǎoto seek; to look for
  95. 白báiwhite; snowy
  96. 攻击gōng jīto attack; to accuse
  97. 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft
  98. 不然bù ránnot so; no
  99. 邀请yāo qǐngto invite; invitation
  100. 尽管jǐn guǎndespite; although

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.