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 2,801–2,900

Ordered by frequency
  1. 逃避táo bìto escape; to evade
  2. 罪名zuì míngcharge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation
  3. 街区jiē qūblock; neighborhood
  4. 频道pín dàofrequency; (television) channel
  5. 传说chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
  6. 公共gōng gòngpublic; common; communal
  7. 时期shí qīperiod; phase
  8. 物质wù zhìmatter; substance
  9. 伸shēnto stretch; to extend
  10. 即便jí biàneven if; even though
  11. 射击shè jīto shoot; to fire (a gun)
  12. 眼镜yǎn jìngspectacles; eyeglasses
  13. 音yīnsound; noise
  14. 屋顶wū dǐngroof; CL:個|个[gè]
  15. 愿望yuàn wàngdesire; wish
  16. 起床qǐ chuángto get out of bed; to get up
  17. 事物shì wùthing; object; CL:個|个[gè]
  18. 兔子tù zihare; rabbit
  19. 大赛dà sàigrand contest
  20. 形象xíng xiàngimage; form
  21. 袋子dài zibag
  22. 以外yǐ wàiapart from; other than
  23. 发疯fā fēngto go mad; to go crazy
  24. 绳子shéng zicord; string; rope; CL:條|条[tiáo]
  25. 别无选择bié wú xuǎn zéto have no other choice
  26. 可能性kě néng xìngpossibility; probability
  27. 圣经Shèng jīngthe Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures
  28. 总部zǒng bùgeneral headquarters
  29. 美味měi wèidelicious; delicious food
  30. 血迹xuè jìbloodstain
  31. 阿姨ā yímaternal aunt; step-mother
  32. 主角zhǔ juéleading role; lead; protagonist
  33. 发挥fā huīto display; to exhibit
  34. 机密jī mìsecret; classified (information)
  35. 倒霉dǎo méito have bad luck; to be out of luck
  36. 全球quán qiúthe whole world; worldwide; global
  37. 安娜Ān nàAnna (name)
  38. 纪念jì niànto commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir
  39. 警察局jǐng chá júpolice station; police department
  40. 胸部xiōng bùchest; bosom
  41. 劲jìnstrength; energy
  42. 忠诚zhōng chéngdevoted; loyal
  43. 恶ěused in 惡心|恶心[ě xīn]
  44. 旁pángone side; other
  45. 胡子hú zibeard; mustache or whiskers
  46. 体内tǐ nèiwithin the body; in vivo (vs in vitro)
  47. 大哥dà gēeldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself)
  48. 拔báto pull up; to pull out
  49. 橄榄球gǎn lǎn qiúfootball played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
  50. 外星人wài xīng rénspace alien; extraterrestrial
  51. 毕竟bì jìngafter all; all in all
  52. 走廊zǒu lángcorridor; aisle
  53. 当初dāng chūat that time; originally
  54. 症状zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)
  55. 道德dào dévirtue; morality
  56. 睡着shuì zháoto fall asleep
  57. 骨gǔbone
  58. 安慰ān wèito comfort; to console
  59. 宝bǎojewel; gem
  60. 有着yǒu zheto have; to possess
  61. 系列xì lièseries; set
  62. 肌肉jī ròumuscle; flesh
  63. 趣qùinteresting; to interest
  64. 保重bǎo zhòngto take care of oneself
  65. 科学家kē xué jiāscientist; CL:個|个[gè]
  66. 娱乐yú lèto entertain; to amuse
  67. 快要kuài yàonearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth)
  68. 震惊zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish
  69. 反抗fǎn kàngto resist; to rebel
  70. 噩梦è mèngnightmare
  71. 奶nǎibreast; milk
  72. 应得yīng déto deserve
  73. 心灵xīn língbright; smart
  74. 掩护yǎn hùto screen; to shield
  75. 土tǔearth; dust
  76. 睁zhēngto open (one's eyes)
  77. 镜子jìng zimirror; CL:面[miàn],個|个[gè]
  78. 情人qíng rénlover; sweetheart
  79. 活力huó lìenergy; vitality
  80. 经典jīng diǎnthe classics; scriptures
  81. 父fùfather
  82. 职zhíoffice; duty
  83. 图书馆tú shū guǎnlibrary; CL:家[jiā],個|个[gè]
  84. 显得xiǎn deto seem; to look
  85. 死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment
  86. 谎huǎnglies; to lie
  87. 爱尔兰Ài ěr lánIreland
  88. 进步jìn bùprogress; improvement; to improve; to progress
  89. 追求zhuī qiúto pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after
  90. 亨利Hēng lìHenry (name); henry (unit of inductance)
  91. 傻子shǎ ziidiot; fool
  92. 南方nán fāngsouth; southern China (areas to the south of the Yangtze River)
  93. 天生tiān shēngnature; disposition
  94. 苹果píng guǒapple; CL:個|个[gè],顆|颗[kē]
  95. 传奇chuán qílegendary; fantasy saga
  96. 求婚qiú hūnto propose marriage
  97. 浴室yù shìbathroom (room used for bathing); CL:間|间[jiān]
  98. 杆gānpole; CL:條|条[tiáo],根[gēn]
  99. 苦kǔbitter; hardship
  100. 料liàomaterial; stuff

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.