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 2,201–2,300

Ordered by frequency
  1. 泡pāopuffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names)
  2. 神像shén xiànglikeness of a god or Buddha; (old) portrait of the deceased
  3. 医疗yī liáomedical treatment
  4. 类似lèi sìsimilar; analogous
  5. 袋dàipouch; bag
  6. 硬yìnghard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm
  7. 隐藏yǐn cángto hide; to conceal
  8. 标准biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard
  9. 激情jī qíngpassion; fervor
  10. 语言yǔ yánlanguage; CL:門|门[mén],種|种[zhǒng]
  11. 治zhìto rule; to govern
  12. 注射zhù shèinjection; to inject
  13. 车子chē zicar or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc)
  14. 工gōngwork; worker
  15. 当作dàng zuòto treat as; to regard as
  16. 阁下gé xiàyour distinguished self; your majesty
  17. 南nánsouth
  18. 奥àoobscure; mysterious
  19. 许xǔto allow; to permit
  20. 娶qǔto take a wife; to marry (a woman)
  21. 文wénlanguage; culture
  22. 处于chǔ yúto be in (some state, position, or condition)
  23. 投资tóu zīinvestment; to invest
  24. 提要tí yàosummary; abstract
  25. 犹太人Yóu tài rénJew
  26. 过分guò fènexcessive; undue
  27. 一致yī zhìconsistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
  28. 对象duì xiàngtarget; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
  29. 期qīa period of time; phase
  30. 贴tiēto stick; to paste
  31. 管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
  32. 转移zhuǎn yíto shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc)
  33. 保密bǎo mìto keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
  34. 助手zhù shǒuassistant; helper
  35. 摆脱bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)
  36. 魅力mèi lìcharm; fascination
  37. 实验shí yànexperiment; test
  38. 误会wù huìto misunderstand; to mistake
  39. 启动qǐ dòngto start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion
  40. 哟yōOh! (interjection indicating slight surprise); also pr. [yāo]
  41. 建jiànto establish; to found
  42. 恋爱liàn ài(romantic) love; CL:個|个[gè],場|场[chǎng]
  43. 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
  44. 话题huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
  45. 市场shì chǎngmarketplace; market (also in abstract)
  46. 木mù(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood
  47. 栋dòngclassifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)
  48. 团tuánround; lump
  49. 练liànto practice; to train
  50. 加州Jiā zhōuCalifornia
  51. 桥qiáobridge; CL:座[zuò]
  52. 迷人mí rénfascinating; enchanting
  53. 建筑jiàn zhùto construct; building
  54. 迪díto enlighten
  55. 举行jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
  56. 损失sǔn shīloss; damage
  57. 王子wáng zǐprince; son of a king
  58. 码mǎweight; number
  59. 丹dānred; pellet
  60. 退后tuì hòuto stand back; to go back (in time)
  61. 肚子dù zibelly; abdomen
  62. 自豪zì háoproud (of one's achievements etc)
  63. 伊yī(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she"); second person singular pronoun ("you")
  64. 不仅bù jǐnnot just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)
  65. 夏天xià tiānsummer; CL:個|个[gè]
  66. 开除kāi chúto expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee)
  67. 饼干bǐng gānbiscuit; cracker; cookie; CL:片[piàn],塊|块[kuài]
  68. 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 證|证[zhèng]
  69. 母mǔmother; elderly female relative
  70. 可笑kě xiàofunny; ridiculous
  71. 麦màiwheat; barley; oats; mic (abbr. for 麥克風|麦克风[màikèfēng])
  72. 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
  73. 作证zuò zhèngto bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence
  74. 好笑hǎo xiàolaughable; funny; ridiculous
  75. 开口kāi kǒuto open one's mouth; to start to talk
  76. 说法shuō fǎto expound Buddhist teachings
  77. 仪式yí shìceremony
  78. 国际guó jìinternational
  79. 投入tóu rùto throw into; to put into
  80. 成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen
  81. 恋liànto feel attached to; to long for
  82. 信心xìn xīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
  83. 当成dàng chéngto consider as; to take to be
  84. 混乱hùn luànconfusion; chaos
  85. 经jīngclassics; sacred book
  86. 谋杀案móu shā ànmurder case
  87. 惨cǎnmiserable; wretched
  88. 联络lián luòto get in touch with; to contact
  89. 抬táito lift; to raise
  90. 爵士jué shìknight; Sir
  91. 癌症ái zhèngcancer
  92. 表明biǎo míngto make clear; to make known
  93. 飞行fēi xíng(of planes etc) to fly; flying
  94. 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; CL:口[kǒu],把[bǎ]
  95. 幅fúwidth; roll
  96. 老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
  97. 天才tiān cáitalent; gift
  98. 注zhùto register; to annotate
  99. 工具gōng jùtool; instrument
  100. 送给sòng gěito send; to give as a present

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.