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 1,201–1,300

Ordered by frequency
  1. 见鬼jiàn guǐabsurd; strange
  2. 杂志zá zhìmagazine; CL:本[běn],份[fèn],期[qī]
  3. 秀xiù(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful; (bound form) superior; excellent
  4. 服务fú wùto serve; service
  5. 合适hé shìsuitable; fitting; appropriate
  6. 学习xué xíto learn; to study
  7. 顿dùnto stop; to pause
  8. 便biànplain; informal
  9. 包括bāo kuòto comprise; to include
  10. 累lěito accumulate; to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lèi])
  11. 汽车qì chēcar; automobile
  12. 时刻shí kètime; juncture
  13. 单dānbill; list
  14. 广告guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial
  15. 哥们gē menBrothers!; brethren
  16. 英国Yīng guóUnited Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lián hé wáng guó]; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  17. 样yàngmanner; pattern
  18. 笨蛋bèn dànfool; idiot
  19. 冷lěngcold
  20. 相当xiāng dāngequivalent to; appropriate
  21. 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)
  22. 闻wénto hear; news
  23. 公平gōng píngfair; impartial
  24. 玩意wán yìtoy; plaything
  25. 及jíand; to reach
  26. 屁pìfart; flatulence
  27. 鞋xiéshoe; CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
  28. 盯dīngto watch attentively; to fix one's attention on
  29. 自然zì ránnature; natural
  30. 堆duīto pile up; to heap up
  31. 历史lì shǐhistory; CL:門|门[mén],段[duàn]
  32. 深shēndeep (lit. and fig.)
  33. 取qǔto take; to get
  34. 法庭fǎ tíngcourt of law
  35. 俱乐部jù lè bùclub (the organisation or its premises) (loanword); CL:個|个[gè]
  36. 通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
  37. 拯救zhěng jiùto save; to rescue
  38. 啤酒pí jiǔbeer (loanword); CL:杯[bēi],瓶[píng],罐[guàn],桶[tǒng],缸[gāng]
  39. 差点chà diǎnalmost; nearly
  40. 咬yǎoto bite; to nip
  41. 短duǎnshort; brief
  42. 地球dì qiúthe earth
  43. 紧jǐntight; strict
  44. 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak
  45. 受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim
  46. 力lìpower; force
  47. 愚蠢yú chǔnsilly; stupid
  48. 帅shuài(bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command
  49. 炸弹zhà dànbomb; CL:枚[méi],顆|颗[kē]
  50. 踢tīto kick; to play (e.g. soccer)
  51. 联邦lián bāngfederal; federation
  52. 评委píng wěievaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 評選委員會委員|评选委员会委员[píngxuǎn wěiyuánhuì wěiyuán])
  53. 客气kè qipolite; courteous
  54. 经过jīng guòto pass; to go through
  55. 造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
  56. 信号xìn hàosignal
  57. 周末zhōu mòweekendIn context
  58. 星xīngstar; heavenly body
  59. 喝酒hē jiǔto drink (alcohol)
  60. 推tuīto push; to cut
  61. 跟踪gēn zōngto follow sb's tracks; to tail
  62. 下次xià cìnext time
  63. 充满chōng mǎnfull of; brimming with
  64. 关键guān jiàncrucial point; crux
  65. 断duànto break; to snap
  66. 其它qí tā(adjective) other
  67. 再说zài shuōto say again; to put off a discussion until later
  68. 空kōngempty; air
  69. 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms)
  70. 究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all
  71. 美好měi hǎobeautiful; fine
  72. 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad
  73. 圣kūto dig
  74. 架jiàto support; frame
  75. 恐怕kǒng pàfear; to dread
  76. 准zhǔnto allow; to grant
  77. 抢qiāng(literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary
  78. 课kèsubject; course
  79. 习惯xí guànhabit; customIn context
  80. 现实xiàn shíreality; actuality; real; actual
  81. 做出zuò chūto put out; to issue
  82. 上班shàng bānto go to work; to be on duty
  83. 躺tǎngto recline; to lie down
  84. 越来越yuè lái yuèmore and more
  85. 山shānmountain; hill (CL:座[zuò]); (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
  86. 名单míng dānlist of names
  87. 不幸bù xìngmisfortune; adversity
  88. 恢复huī fùto reinstate; to resume
  89. 公园gōng yuánpark (for public recreation); CL:座[zuò]
  90. 怀孕huái yùnpregnant; to have conceived
  91. 确认què rènto confirm; to verify
  92. 聚会jù huìparty; gathering
  93. 绑架bǎng jiàto kidnap; to abduct
  94. 部落bù luòtribe
  95. 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
  96. 资料zī liàomaterial; resources
  97. 干净gān jìngclean; neat
  98. 婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony; CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],次[cì]
  99. 痛tòngache; pain
  100. 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood)

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.