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 301–400

Ordered by frequency
  1. 重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
  2. 谈tánto speak; to talk
  3. 别人bié renother people; others; other person
  4. 男人nán réna man; a male
  5. 头tóuhead; hair style
  6. 机会jī huìopportunity; chanceIn context
  7. 岁suìclassifier for years (of age); year
  8. 出去chū qùto go out
  9. 活huóto live; alive
  10. 看见kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
  11. 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...
  12. 打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
  13. 喂wéihello (when answering the phone)
  14. 好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
  15. 得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receive
  16. 警察jǐng chápolice; police officer
  17. 完wánto finish; to be over
  18. 张zhāngto open up; to spread
  19. 儿子ér zison
  20. 之后zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
  21. 漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful
  22. 分钟fēn zhōngminute
  23. 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone)
  24. 场chángthreshing floor; classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
  25. 再见zài jiàngoodbye; see you again later
  26. 求qiúto seek; to look for
  27. 刚gānghard; firm
  28. 如何rú héhow; what way
  29. 比赛bǐ sàicompetition (sports etc); match
  30. 呀ya(particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt)
  31. 情况qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
  32. 变biànto change; to become different
  33. 关系guān xirelation; relationshipIn context
  34. 真是zhēn shiindeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc)
  35. 女士nǚ shìlady; madam
  36. 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source
  37. 马上mǎ shàngat once; right away
  38. 决定jué dìngto decide (to do something); to resolveIn context
  39. 见到jiàn dàoto see
  40. 根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
  41. 关于guān yúpertaining to; concerning
  42. 那儿nà rthere
  43. 难nándifficult (to...); problem
  44. 只要zhǐ yàoif only; so long as
  45. 里面lǐ miàninside; interior
  46. 份fènclassifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分[fèn]
  47. 每měieach; every
  48. 到底dào dǐfinally; in the end
  49. 了解liǎo jiěto understand; to realizeIn context
  50. 明天míng tiāntomorrow
  51. 站zhànstation; to stand
  52. 结束jié shùtermination; to finish
  53. 公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; CL:家[jiā]
  54. 成为chéng wéito become; to turn into
  55. 永远yǒng yuǎnforever; eternal
  56. 帮助bāng zhùassistance; aid; to help; to assist
  57. 多少duō shǎonumber; amount; somewhat
  58. 哇wāWow!; sound of a child's crying
  59. 名míngname; noun (part of speech)
  60. 它们tā menthey; them
  61. 总zǒnggeneral; overall; to sum up
  62. 确定què dìngdefinite; certain
  63. 有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
  64. 清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
  65. 晚上wǎn shangevening; night
  66. 安全ān quánsafe; secure; safety; security
  67. 怎样zěn yànghow; what kind
  68. 没什么méi shén meit doesn't matter; it's nothing; never mind; think nothing of it; it's my pleasure; you're welcome
  69. 块kuàilump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc
  70. 回家huí jiāto return home
  71. 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain
  72. 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle
  73. 愿意yuàn yìto wish; to want
  74. 计划jì huàplan; project
  75. 爸bàfather; dad
  76. 俩liǎtwo (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个); both
  77. 停tíngto stop; to halt
  78. 不能bù néngcannot; must not
  79. 他妈的tā mā de(taboo curse) damn it!; fucking
  80. 说话shuō huàto speak; to say
  81. 另lìngother; another
  82. 心xīnheart; mind
  83. 花huāflower; blossom
  84. 她们tā menthey; them (females)
  85. 有些yǒu xiēsome; somewhat
  86. 门méngate; door
  87. 感谢gǎn xiè(express) thanks; gratitude
  88. 谈谈tán tánto discuss; to have a chat
  89. 定dìngto fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
  90. 于yú(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  91. 以后yǐ hòuafter; later
  92. 管guǎnto take care (of); to control
  93. 照片zhào piànphotograph; picture
  94. 欢迎huān yíngto welcome; welcome
  95. 敢gǎnto dare; daring
  96. 兄弟xiōng dìbrothers; younger brother
  97. 从来cóng láialways; at all times
  98. 总是zǒng shìalways
  99. 嘴zuǐmouth; beak
  100. 跳tiàoto jump; to hop

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.