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 1,701–1,800

Ordered by frequency
  1. 付出fù chūto pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
  2. 队员duì yuánteam member
  3. 协议xié yìagreement; pact
  4. 帽子mào zihat; cap
  5. 上周shàng zhōulast week
  6. 何héwhat; how
  7. 说服shuō fúto persuade; to convince
  8. 电diànlightning; electricity
  9. 司机sī jīchauffeur; driver
  10. 搜查sōu cháto search
  11. 产生chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
  12. 千qiānthousand
  13. 布bùcloth; to declare
  14. 接触jiē chùto touch; to contact
  15. 时代shí dàiage; era
  16. 卡车kǎ chētruck; CL:輛|辆[liàng]
  17. 抢劫qiǎng jiéto rob; looting
  18. 碰到pèng dàoto come across; to run into
  19. 神父shén fufather (Catholic or Orthodox priest)
  20. 规矩guī julit. compass and set square; fig. established standard
  21. 洛luòused in transliteration
  22. 之中zhī zhōnginside; among
  23. 火车huǒ chētrain; CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
  24. 说实话shuō shí huàto speak the truth; truth to tell
  25. 什shénwhat
  26. 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新
  27. 糖tángsugar; sweets
  28. 逃跑táo pǎoto flee from sth; to run away
  29. 灵língquick; alert
  30. 般bānsort; kind
  31. 部门bù méndepartment; branch
  32. 基本jī běnbasic; fundamental
  33. 出租车chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car
  34. 控kòngto control; to accuse
  35. 分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis
  36. 代价dài jiàprice; cost
  37. 地区dì qūlocal; regional
  38. 背叛bèi pànto betray
  39. 趟tāngto wade; to trample
  40. 天堂tiān tángparadise; heaven
  41. 拍摄pāi shèto take (a picture); to shoot (a film)
  42. 导致dǎo zhìto lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
  43. 年轻人nián qīng rényoung people; youngster
  44. 主人zhǔ rénmaster; host
  45. 对待duì dàito treat; treatment
  46. 表biǎoexterior surface; family relationship via females
  47. 释放shì fàngto release; to set free
  48. 困kùnto trap; to surround
  49. 大街dà jiēstreet; main street
  50. 箱子xiāng zisuitcase; chest
  51. 由于yóu yúdue to; as a result of
  52. 耶稣Yē sūJesus
  53. 宣布xuān bùto declare; to announce
  54. 乔qiáotall
  55. 执行zhí xíngto implement; to carry out
  56. 报警bào jǐngto sound an alarm; to report sth to the police
  57. 物wù(bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
  58. 不对bù duìincorrect; wrong
  59. 密码mì mǎcipher; secret code; password; PIN
  60. 红色hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
  61. 骗子piàn ziswindler; a cheat
  62. 货huògoods; money
  63. 空间kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
  64. 折磨zhé móto torment; to torture
  65. 油yóuoil; fat
  66. 尸shī(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)
  67. 留言liú yánto leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
  68. 熊xióngbear; (coll.) to scold; to rebuke
  69. 值zhívalue; (to be) worth
  70. 想念xiǎng niànto miss; to remember with longing
  71. 而言ér yán(typically preceded by 就…[jiù xx] or 對…|对…[duì xx] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
  72. 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier)
  73. 擦cāto rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish
  74. 卷juǎnto roll up; roll
  75. 尤其yóu qíespecially; particularly
  76. 盒子hé zibox; case
  77. 经验jīng yànexperience; to experience
  78. 干杯gān bēito drink a toast; Cheers! (proposing a toast)
  79. 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo]
  80. 大脑dà nǎobrain; cerebrum
  81. 看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view
  82. 共gòngcommon; general
  83. 罪犯zuì fàncriminal
  84. 不到bù dàonot to arrive; not reaching
  85. 干掉gàn diàoto get rid of
  86. 指控zhǐ kòngaccusation; a (criminal) charge
  87. 星球xīng qiúcelestial body (e.g. planet, satellite etc); heavenly body
  88. 录像lù xiàngto videotape; to videorecord
  89. 刺cī(onom.) whoosh
  90. 情报qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
  91. 炒chǎoto sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
  92. 程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence
  93. 今jīnnow; the present time
  94. 创造chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
  95. 怪物guài wumonster; freak
  96. 情绪qíng xùmood; state of mind
  97. 杀害shā hàito murder
  98. 内心nèi xīnheart; innermost being; (math.) incenter
  99. 暴力bào lìviolence; force
  100. 脏zàngviscera; (anatomy) organ

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.