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 4,601–4,700

Ordered by frequency
  1. 负责人fù zé rénperson in charge
  2. 辩biànto dispute; to debate
  3. 丛林cóng línjungle; thicket
  4. 列车liè chē(railway) train
  5. 听证会tīng zhèng huì(legislative) hearing
  6. 实习生shí xí shengintern (student)
  7. 小费xiǎo fèitip; gratuity
  8. 年度nián dùyear (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual
  9. 杰西Jié xīJesse (name)
  10. 极端jí duānextreme
  11. 链liànchain; cable (unit of length: 100 fathoms, about 185 m)
  12. 师傅shī fumaster; qualified worker
  13. 极其jí qíextremely
  14. 看出kàn chūto make out; to see
  15. 线路xiàn lù(electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route
  16. 香肠xiāng chángsausage; CL:根[gēn]
  17. 拖车tuō chēto tow; towed vehicle
  18. 机械jī xièmachine; machinery
  19. 决心jué xīndetermination; resolution
  20. 助zhùto help; to assist
  21. 可乐kě lèamusing; entertaining
  22. 坚信jiān xìnto believe firmly; without any doubt
  23. 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period
  24. 拘留jū liúto detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
  25. 污染wū rǎnto pollute; to contaminate (lit. and fig.)
  26. 纸条zhǐ tiáoslip of paper
  27. 舰jiànwarship
  28. 从事cóng shìto go for; to engage in
  29. 传播chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
  30. 位于wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at
  31. 刹车shā chēto brake (when driving); to stop
  32. 每当měi dāngwhenever; every time
  33. 马戏团mǎ xì tuáncircus
  34. 商人shāng rénmerchant; businessman
  35. 大胆dà dǎnbrazen; audacious
  36. 宽kuānwide; broad
  37. 幸好xìng hǎofortunately
  38. 歌唱gē chàngto sing
  39. 花钱huā qiánto spend money
  40. 融入róng rùto blend into; to integrate
  41. 裁判cái pàn(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee
  42. 避开bì kāito avoid; to evade
  43. 雇用gù yòngto employ; to hire
  44. 伏特fú tèvolt (loanword)
  45. 侵入qīn rùto make (military) incursions; to invade
  46. 军官jūn guānofficer (military)
  47. 分裂fēn lièto split up; to divide
  48. 单子dān zǐthe only son of a family; (functional programming or philosophy) monad
  49. 吸烟xī yānto smoke
  50. 噪音zào yīnrumble; noise
  51. 婆pó(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron
  52. 小小xiǎo xiǎovery small; very few
  53. 少年shào niánearly youth; youngster
  54. 巡逻xún luóto patrol (police, army or navy)
  55. 暴bàosudden; violent
  56. 笔记本bǐ jì běnnotebook (stationery); CL:本[běn]
  57. 香蕉xiāng jiāobanana; CL:枝[zhī],根[gēn],個|个[gè],把[bǎ]
  58. 马桶mǎ tǒngchamber pot; wooden pan used as toilet
  59. 兔tùrabbit
  60. 各地gè dìin all parts of (a country); various regions
  61. 扫sǎoto sweep (with a brush or broom); to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of
  62. 把戏bǎ xìacrobatics; jugglery; trick; ploy
  63. 独dúalone; independent
  64. 确quèauthenticated; solid
  65. 置zhìto install; to place
  66. 迎接yíng jiēto welcome; to greet
  67. 反而fǎn éron the contrary; instead
  68. 呕吐ǒu tùto vomit
  69. 头痛tóu tòngto have a headache
  70. 定义dìng yìdefinition; to define
  71. 彩cǎi(bright) color; variety
  72. 手头shǒu tóuon hand; at hand
  73. 碟diédish; plate
  74. 蝴蝶hú diébutterfly; CL:隻|只[zhī]
  75. 下巴xià bachin
  76. 孤儿gū érorphan
  77. 想像xiǎng xiàngto imagine; to envision; imagination
  78. 发泄fā xièto give vent to (one's feelings)
  79. 口径kǒu jìngbore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line
  80. 哈佛Hā fóHarvard
  81. 影像yǐng xiàngimage
  82. 总裁zǒng cáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)
  83. 恐吓kǒng hèto threaten; to menace
  84. 折shéto snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc)
  85. 清洁qīng jiéclean; to clean
  86. 童年tóng niánchildhood
  87. 羞耻xiū chǐ(a feeling of) shame
  88. 茱zhūused in 茱萸[zhūyú]
  89. 串chuànto string together; to skewer
  90. 尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
  91. 帐篷zhàng pengtent; CL:頂|顶[dǐng],座[zuò]
  92. 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse
  93. 罩zhàoto cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood
  94. 视线shì xiànline of sight
  95. 轨道guǐ dàotrack (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite)
  96. 追捕zhuī bǔto pursue; to be after
  97. 剪刀jiǎn dāoscissors; CL:把[bǎ]
  98. 卡住kǎ zhùto jam; to choke
  99. 嚼jiáoto chew; also pr. [jué]
  100. 困境kùn jìngpredicament; plight

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.