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 3,401–3,500

Ordered by frequency
  1. 祝福zhù fúblessings; to wish sb well
  2. 足球zú qiúsoccer ball; a football
  3. 困扰kùn rǎoto perplex; to disturb
  4. 陷害xiàn hàito entrap; to set up
  5. 化学huà xuéchemistry; chemical
  6. 款kuǎnsection; paragraph
  7. 瞄准miáo zhǔnto take aim at; to target
  8. 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless
  9. 进一步jìn yī bùto go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further
  10. 人选rén xuǎnchoice of person; candidate
  11. 审讯shěn xùninquest; trial
  12. 少校shào xiàojunior ranking officer in Chinese army; major
  13. 荒唐huāng tángbeyond belief; preposterous
  14. 调整tiáo zhěngto adjust; adjustment
  15. 随意suí yìas one wishes; according to one's wishes
  16. 场景chǎng jǐngscene; scenario; situation; setting
  17. 飞行员fēi xíng yuánpilot; aviator
  18. 一家yī jiāthe whole family; the same family
  19. 围wéito encircle; to surround
  20. 惊人jīng rénastonishing
  21. 康复kāng fùto recuperate; to recover (health)
  22. 策划cè huàto plot; to scheme
  23. 弥补mí bǔto complement; to make up for a deficiency
  24. 火灾huǒ zāiserious fire (in a city or a forest etc)
  25. 费用fèi yòngcost; expenditure
  26. 大门dà ménentrance; door
  27. 胃wèistomach; CL:個|个[gè]
  28. 连接lián jiēto link; to join; to connect
  29. 党dǎngparty; association
  30. 理想lǐ xiǎngan ideal; a dream
  31. 过敏guò mǐnoversensitive; allergic
  32. 韩国Hán guóSouth Korea (Republic of Korea); Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhàn guó qī xióng]
  33. 凯特Kǎi tèKate (name)
  34. 包裹bāo guǒto wrap up; to bind up
  35. 工资gōng zīwages; pay; CL:份[fèn]
  36. 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop
  37. 点子diǎn zispot; point
  38. 科技kē jìscience and technology
  39. 衣yīclothes; CL:件[jiàn]
  40. 判决pàn juéjudgment (by a court of law); to pass judgment on
  41. 刻kèquarter (hour); moment
  42. 妇女fù nǚwoman
  43. 来源lái yuánsource (of information etc); origin
  44. 路线lù xiànitinerary; route
  45. 依靠yī kàoto rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on
  46. 公正gōng zhèngjust; fair; equitable
  47. 地毯dì tǎncarpet; rug
  48. 总算zǒng suànat long last; finally
  49. 扔掉rēng diàoto throw away; to throw out
  50. 裸体luǒ tǐnaked
  51. 陷阱xiàn jǐngpitfall; snare
  52. 不妙bù miào(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good
  53. 伪装wěi zhuāngto pretend to be (asleep etc); to disguise oneself as
  54. 兮xī(particle in old Chinese similar to 啊)
  55. 古老gǔ lǎoancient; old
  56. 委托wěi tuōto entrust; to trust
  57. 宴会yàn huìbanquet; feast
  58. 来着lái zheauxiliary showing sth happened in the past
  59. 真心zhēn xīnwholeheartedness; sincerity
  60. 冲突chōng tūconflict; to conflict
  61. 发送fā sòngto transmit; to dispatch
  62. 犬quǎndog; Kangxi radical 94
  63. 白宫Bái gōngWhite House
  64. 化妆huà zhuāngto put on makeup
  65. 只好zhǐ hǎoto have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
  66. 指示zhǐ shìto point out; to indicate
  67. 散步sàn bùto take a walk; to go for a walk
  68. 柜jǔSalix multinervis
  69. 上午shàng wǔmorning; CL:個|个[gè]
  70. 博bóextensive; ample
  71. 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod
  72. 莎shākatydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
  73. 郎láng(arch.) minister; official
  74. 剧院jù yuàntheater; CL:家[jiā],座[zuò]
  75. 卑鄙bēi bǐbase; mean
  76. 原本yuán běnoriginally; original
  77. 宽恕kuān shùto forgive; forgiveness
  78. 怀念huái niànto cherish the memory of; to think of
  79. 握wòto hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist)
  80. 端duānend; extremity
  81. 见识jiàn shito gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself
  82. 所作所为suǒ zuò suǒ wéione's conduct and deeds
  83. 贝bèicowrie; shellfish
  84. 人士rén shìperson; figure
  85. 代替dài tìto replace; to take the place of
  86. 创意chuàng yìcreative; creativity
  87. 汁zhījuice
  88. 干脆gān cuìcandid; direct and to the point
  89. 户hùa household; door
  90. 水果shuǐ guǒfruit; CL:個|个[gè]
  91. 脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
  92. 争霸zhēng bàto contend for hegemony; a power struggle
  93. 侵犯qīn fànto infringe on; to encroach on
  94. 幸xìngfortunate; lucky
  95. 无意wú yìinadvertent; accidental
  96. 提起tí qǐto mention; to speak of
  97. 温暖wēn nuǎnwarm
  98. 珠宝zhū bǎopearls; jewels
  99. 出版chū bǎnto publish
  100. 切断qiē duànto cut off; to sever

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.