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 1,801–1,900

Ordered by frequency
  1. 走开zǒu kāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
  2. 事故shì gùaccident; CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
  3. 满意mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased
  4. 艺术yì shùart
  5. 大多数dà duō shù(great) majority
  6. 汤姆Tāng mǔTom (name)
  7. 神经shén jīngnerve; mental state
  8. 速度sù dùspeed; rate
  9. 牺牲xī shēngto sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued)
  10. 勇敢yǒng gǎnbrave; courageous
  11. 愤怒fèn nùangry; indignant
  12. 合gě100 ml; one-tenth of a peck
  13. 咪mīsound for calling a cat
  14. 奇jīodd (number)
  15. 数字shù zìnumeral; digit
  16. 纸zhǐpaper (CL:張|张[zhāng],沓[dá]); classifier for documents, letters etc
  17. 地上dì shangon the ground; on the floor
  18. 尽量jǐn liàngas much as possible; to the greatest extent
  19. 称chènto fit; to match; to suit; (coll.) to have; to possess
  20. 范围fàn wéirange; scope
  21. 骑jì(Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier
  22. 午餐wǔ cānlunch; luncheon
  23. 太阳tài yangsun; CL:個|个[gè]
  24. 提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
  25. 午饭wǔ fànlunch; CL:份[fèn],頓|顿[dùn],次[cì],餐[cān]
  26. 据jūused in 拮据[jié jū]
  27. 暂时zàn shítemporary; provisional; for the time being
  28. 优秀yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent
  29. 亲自qīn zìpersonally; in person
  30. 歌曲gē qǔsong
  31. 迟chílate; delayed
  32. 婴儿yīng érinfant; baby
  33. 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics)
  34. 兰lánorchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
  35. 可惜kě xīit is a pity; what a pity
  36. 笑话xiào huajoke; jest (CL:個|个[gè]); to laugh at; to mock
  37. 响xiǎngecho; sound
  38. 石头shí toustone; CL:塊|块[kuài]
  39. 英尺yīng chǐfoot (unit of length equal to 0.3048 m)
  40. 屋wū(bound form) house; (bound form) room
  41. 省shěngto save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out
  42. 细节xì jiédetails; particulars
  43. 顶dǐngapex; crown of the head
  44. 塔tǎpagoda; tower
  45. 科学kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
  46. 笨bènstupid; foolish
  47. 迷míto bewilder; crazy about
  48. 有的yǒu de(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
  49. 道理dào lireason; argument
  50. 船长chuán zhǎngcaptain (of a boat); skipper
  51. 上校shàng xiàohigh ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel
  52. 撒sāto let go; to cast
  53. 歌手gē shǒusinger
  54. 运气yùn qiluck (good or bad)
  55. 主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
  56. 同事tóng shìcolleague; co-workerIn context
  57. 喊hǎnto yell; to shout
  58. 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; CL:根[gēn]
  59. 餐厅cān tīngdining hall; dining room
  60. 各gèeach; every
  61. 魔mó(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
  62. 美女měi nǚbeautiful woman
  63. 距离jù lídistance; CL:個|个[gè]
  64. 毒dúpoison; to poison
  65. 制作zhì zuòto make; to manufacture
  66. 有所yǒu suǒsomewhat; to some extent
  67. 讲话jiǎng huàa speech; to speak
  68. 摔shuāito throw down; to fall
  69. 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
  70. 街上jiē shangon the street; in town
  71. 团队tuán duìteam
  72. 早就zǎo jiùalready at an earlier time
  73. 相处xiāng chǔto be in contact (with sb); to associate
  74. 鼻子bí zinose; CL:個|个[gè],隻|只[zhī]
  75. 罢了bà lea modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much)
  76. 度过dù guòto pass; to spend (time)
  77. 归guīto return; to go back to
  78. 绝juéto cut short; extinct
  79. 拳quánfist; boxing
  80. 关注guān zhùto pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention
  81. 德国Dé guóGermany; German
  82. 大部分dà bù fenin large part; the greater part
  83. 窗户chuāng huwindow; CL:個|个[gè],扇[shàn]
  84. 奇迹qí jìmiracle; miraculous
  85. 护士hù shinurse; CL:個|个[gè]
  86. 空气kōng qìair; atmosphere
  87. 分享fēn xiǎngto share (let others have some of sth good)
  88. 萨SàBodhisattva; surname Sa
  89. 被捕bèi bǔto be arrested; under arrest
  90. 基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)
  91. 信仰xìn yǎngto believe in (a religion); firm belief
  92. 后悔hòu huǐto regret; to feel remorse
  93. 保安bǎo ānto ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production)
  94. 变态biàn tàito metamorphose (biology); abnormal
  95. 媒体méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
  96. 赶紧gǎn jǐnhurriedly; without delay
  97. 匹pǐ(bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair
  98. 所谓suǒ wèiso-called; what is called
  99. 角jiǎoangle; corner
  100. 建立jiàn lìto establish; to set up

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.