Top 5,000 Chinese words

2701. 2,701胳膊gē boarm; CL:隻|只[zhī],條|条[tiáo],雙|双[shuāng]
2702. 2,702他人tā rénanother person; sb else; other people
2703. 2,703俄罗斯É luó sīRussia
2704. 2,704哥们儿gē men rerhua variant of 哥們|哥们[gē men]
2705. 2,705异常yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
2706. 2,706疾病jí bìngdisease; sickness; ailment
2707. 2,707色sècolor; CL:種|种[zhǒng]
2708. 2,708公众gōng zhòngpublic
2709. 2,709展现zhǎn xiànto unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display
2710. 2,710心脏病xīn zàng bìngheart disease
2711. 2,711战士zhàn shìfighter; soldier
2712. 2,712职责zhí zéduty; responsibility
2713. 2,713楼下lóu xiàdownstairs
2714. 2,714章zhāngchapter; section
2715. 2,715大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
2716. 2,716妞niūgirl
2717. 2,717影yǐngpicture; image
2718. 2,718诗shīpoem; CL:首[shǒu]
2719. 2,719李lǐplum
2720. 2,720整理zhěng lǐto arrange; to tidy up
2721. 2,721斗dòuto fight; to struggle
2722. 2,722证词zhèng cítestimony
2723. 2,723门口mén kǒudoorway; gate
2724. 2,724占zhānto observe; to divine
2725. 2,725强迫qiǎng pòto compel; to force
2726. 2,726森林sēn línforest; CL:片[piàn]
2727. 2,727暗示àn shìto hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
2728. 2,728注定zhù dìngto foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably
2729. 2,729前往qián wǎngto leave for; to proceed towards; to go to
2730. 2,730手臂shǒu bìarm; helper
2731. 2,731豁免huò miǎnto exempt; exemption
2732. 2,732呼hūto call; to cry
2733. 2,733咱zásee 咱[zán]
2734. 2,734当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated; party (to an affair)
2735. 2,735有空yǒu kòngto have time (to do sth)
2736. 2,736同情tóng qíngto sympathize with; sympathy
2737. 2,737呼叫hū jiàoto shout; to yell
2738. 2,738唉āiinterjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh
2739. 2,739楼梯lóu tīstair; staircase
2740. 2,740百万bǎi wànmillion
2741. 2,741背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
2742. 2,742下班xià bānto finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus, etc)
2743. 2,743士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old)
2744. 2,744救护车jiù hù chēambulance; CL:輛|辆[liàng]
2745. 2,745比如说bǐ rú shuōfor example
2746. 2,746法语Fǎ yǔFrench (language)
2747. 2,747绝望jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope
2748. 2,748侠xiáknight-errant; brave and chivalrous
2749. 2,749全新quán xīnall new; completely new
2750. 2,750西德Xī DéWest Germany; German Federal Republic 德意志聯邦共和國|德意志联邦共和国[Dé yì zhì Lián bāng Gòng hé guó]
2751. 2,751野yěfield; plain
2752. 2,752防fángto protect; to defend
2753. 2,753模仿mó fǎngto imitate; to copy
2754. 2,754沮丧jǔ sàngdispirited; dejected
2755. 2,755湖húlake; CL:個|个[gè],片[piàn]
2756. 2,756说说shuō shuoto say sth
2757. 2,757事务所shì wù suǒbusiness office; firm
2758. 2,758灾难zāi nàndisaster; catastrophe
2759. 2,759采访cǎi fǎngto interview; to gather news
2760. 2,760参议员cān yì yuánsenator
2761. 2,761所在suǒ zàiplace; location
2762. 2,762正义zhèng yìjustice; righteousness
2763. 2,763网站wǎng zhànwebsite
2764. 2,764评价píng jiàto evaluate; to assess
2765. 2,765凶器xiōng qìlethal weapon; murder weapon
2766. 2,766局长jú zhǎngbureau chief; CL:位[wèi],個|个[gè]
2767. 2,767强烈qiáng lièstrong; intense
2768. 2,768成绩chéng jìachievement; performance records
2769. 2,769网wǎngnet; network
2770. 2,770垒lěirampart; base (in baseball)
2771. 2,771意味yì wèimeaning; implication
2772. 2,772喜剧xǐ jùa comedy; CL:部[bù],齣|出[chū]
2773. 2,773殿下diàn xiàYour Majesty (honorific); His or Her Highness
2774. 2,774上课shàng kèto go to class; to attend class
2775. 2,775碗wǎnbowl; cup
2776. 2,776考kǎoto check; to verify
2777. 2,777荣誉róng yùhonor; credit
2778. 2,778负fùto bear; to carry (on one's back)
2779. 2,779挣zhēngused in 掙扎|挣扎[zhēng zhá]
2780. 2,780设计师shè jì shīdesigner; architect
2781. 2,781否认fǒu rènto declare to be untrue; to deny
2782. 2,782莫mòdo not; there is none who
2783. 2,783违反wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
2784. 2,784阶段jiē duànstage; section
2785. 2,785什么的shén me deand so on; and so forth; and what not
2786. 2,786商量shāng liangto consult; to talk over
2787. 2,787出于chū yúdue to; to stem from
2788. 2,788蒙mēng(knocked) unconscious; dazed
2789. 2,789尼克Ní kèNick (name)
2790. 2,790牛仔niú zǎicowboy
2791. 2,791站住zhàn zhùto stand
2792. 2,792香槟xiāng bīnchampagne (loanword)
2793. 2,793艺术家yì shù jiāartist; CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
2794. 2,794克莱尔Kè lái ěrClaire (name)
2795. 2,795技巧jì qiǎoskill; technique
2796. 2,796欧ŌuEurope (abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ōuzhōu]); surname Ou
2797. 2,797情感qíng gǎnfeeling; emotion
2798. 2,798中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
2799. 2,799提议tí yìproposal; suggestion
2800. 2,800每周měi zhōuevery week

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.