Top 5,000 Chinese words
The 5,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.
Words 3,601–3,700
Ordered by frequency- 难受to feel unwell; to suffer pain
- 鼓掌to applaud; to clap
- 奖金premium; award money
- 旅程journey; trip
- 热狗hot dog (loanword)
- 马丁Martin (name)
- 末日last day; end
- 片子film; movie
- 目击者eyewitness
- 糖果candy; CL:粒[lì]
- 地面floor; ground
- 声称to claim; to state
- 待会儿in a moment; later
- 捉to clutch; to grab
- 撕to tear
- 桩stump; stake; pile; classifier for events, cases, transactions, affairs etc
- 过度excessive; over-
- 亚瑟Arthur (name)
- 出庭to appear in court
- 包围to surround; to encircle
- 咨询to consult; to seek advice
- 提示to point out; to remind (sb of sth)
- 糊涂muddled; silly
- 肺lung; CL:個|个[gè]
- 院courtyard; institution
- 燃烧to ignite; to combust
- 拳击boxing
- 毒气poison gas; toxic gas
- 豪华luxurious
- 争吵to quarrel; dispute
- 亚当Adam
- 修女nun or sister (of the Roman Catholic or Greek Orthodox churches)
- 混合to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite
- 私personal; private
- 幽默(loanword) humor; humorous
- 明智sensible; wise
- 轻易easy; simple; rashly; offhandedly
- 青green; blue
- 后退to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
- 困惑bewildered; perplexed
- 桶bucket; (trash) can
- 武装arms; equipment
- 基督Christ (abbr. for 基利斯督[Jī lì sī dū] or 基利士督[Jī lì shì dū])
- 录像带video cassette; CL:盤|盘[pán]
- 感恩节Thanksgiving Day
- 指甲fingernail
- 斗争a struggle; fight
- 灯光(stage) lighting; light
- 计to calculate; to compute
- 透露to leak out; to divulge
- 威廉William or Wilhelm (name)
- 选举to elect; election
- 酱thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste
- 上车to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
- 冰淇淋ice cream
- 劫to rob; to plunder
- 环ring; hoop
- 追查to try to find out; to trace; to track down
- 厂"cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc
- 好受feeling better; to be more at ease
- 用不着not need; have no use for
- 相爱to love each other
- 足以sufficient to...; so much so that
- 不赖(coll.) not bad; good
- 人口population; people
- 出名well-known for sth; to become well known
- 夹克(loanword) jacket; also pr. [jiá kè]
- 软soft; flexible
- 帮派gang; faction
- 街头street
- 触to touch; to make contact with sth
- 违法illegal; to break the law
- 陈to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
- 隐私secrets; private business
- 鼠(bound form) rat; mouse
- 内衣undergarment; underwear
- 功能function; capability
- 夏威夷Hawaii, US state
- 稳settled; steady; stable
- 银silver; silver-colored
- 口音(linguistics) oral speech sounds
- 明确clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
- 品牌brand name; trademark
- 旋转to rotate; to revolve
- 闯入to intrude; to charge in
- 刷a brush; to paint; to daub
- 回顾to look back; to review
- 有意to intend; intentionally
- 穿越to pass through; to traverse
- 虎tiger; CL:隻|只[zhī]
- 嫌疑人a suspect
- 孙子grandson; son's son
- 扁(bound form) small
- 把握to grasp (also fig.); to seize
- 激烈(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce
- 丢掉to lose; to throw away
- 授权to authorize
- 汗see 可汗[kè hán], 汗國|汗国[hán guó]
- 相机camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhào xiàng jī]); at the opportune moment
- 委托人(law) client; trustor
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.
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