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 4,801–4,900

Ordered by frequency
  1. 接管jiē guǎnto take over; to assume control
  2. 洒sǎto sprinkle; to spray
  3. 版本bǎn běnversion; edition
  4. 管道guǎn dàotubing; pipeline
  5. 被害人bèi hài rénvictim
  6. 装作zhuāng zuòto pretend; to feign
  7. 动静dòng jìng(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness
  8. 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; in every possible way
  9. 报酬bào choureward; remuneration
  10. 教室jiào shìclassroom; CL:間|间[jiān]
  11. 校园xiào yuáncampus
  12. 热烈rè lièenthusiastic; ardent
  13. 监禁jiān jìnto imprison; to jail
  14. 缺少quē shǎolack; shortage of
  15. 证件zhèng jiàncertificate; papers; credentials; document; ID
  16. 雅yǎelegant
  17. 不是bù shìno; is not
  18. 兽shòubeast; animal
  19. 发言fā yánto make a speech; statement
  20. 后院hòu yuànrear court; back garden
  21. 仇恨chóu hènto hate; hatred
  22. 代码dài mǎcode
  23. 摔倒shuāi dǎoto fall down; to slip and fall
  24. 能源néng yuánenergy; power source
  25. 谎话huǎng huàlie
  26. 辩论biàn lùndebate; argument
  27. 大使dà shǐambassador; envoy
  28. 布鲁克林Bù lǔ kè línBrooklyn, borough of New York City
  29. 聚集jù jíto assemble; to gather
  30. 胃口wèi kǒuappetite; liking
  31. 领养lǐng yǎngto adopt (a child, pet etc)
  32. 上衣shàng yījacket; upper outer garment
  33. 丧失sàng shīto lose; to forfeit
  34. 人性rén xìnghuman nature; humanity
  35. 值钱zhí qiánvaluable; costly
  36. 周二Zhōu èrTuesday
  37. 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up
  38. 流放liú fàngto exile; to banish
  39. 着想zhuó xiǎngto give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs)
  40. 雪茄xuě jiācigar (loanword)
  41. 减jiǎnto lower; to decrease
  42. 卢Lúsurname Lu; abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lúsēnbǎo]
  43. 叫醒jiào xǐngto awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse
  44. 开场kāi chǎngto begin; to open
  45. 粗鲁cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner)
  46. 辐射fú shèradiation
  47. 铺pūto spread; to display
  48. 下落xià luòwhereabouts; to drop
  49. 休假xiū jiàto go on vacation; to have a holiday; to take leave
  50. 传染chuán rǎnto infect; contagious
  51. 带领dài lǐngto guide; to lead
  52. 拉丁lā dīngLatin; (in former times) to press-gang
  53. 童子军tóng zǐ jūnchild soldiers; juvenile militia
  54. 落后luò hòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc)
  55. 逊xùnto abdicate; modest
  56. 不要紧bù yào jǐnunimportant; not serious
  57. 实习shí xíto practice; field work
  58. 山上Shān shàngShanshang township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tái nán xiàn], Taiwan
  59. 手腕shǒu wànwrist; trickery
  60. 撤离chè líto withdraw from; to evacuate
  61. 朝鲜Cháo xiǎnNorth Korea; Korea as geographic term
  62. 特征tè zhēngcharacteristic; diagnostic property
  63. 睡眠shuì miánsleep; to sleep
  64. 额éforehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board
  65. 前科qián kēcriminal record; previous convictions
  66. 忽视hū shìto neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
  67. 恐慌kǒng huāngpanic; panicky
  68. 感应gǎn yìngresponse; reaction
  69. 挪nuóto shift; to move
  70. 提升tí shēngto promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
  71. 误wùmistake; error
  72. 购买gòu mǎito purchase; to buy
  73. 前任qián rènpredecessor; ex-
  74. 歌声gē shēngsinging voice; fig. original voice of a poet
  75. 老虎lǎo hǔtiger; CL:隻|只[zhī]
  76. 议会yì huìparliament; legislative assembly
  77. 迫不及待pò bù jí dàiimpatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it
  78. 卷入juǎn rùto be drawn into; to be involved in
  79. 咒语zhòu yǔincantation; spell
  80. 大火dà huǒconflagration; large fire; CL:場|场[cháng]
  81. 潜水qián shuǐto dive; to go under water
  82. 蛋蛋dàn dàn(coll.) balls (testicles)
  83. 赔偿péi chángto compensate
  84. 健jiànhealthy; to invigorate
  85. 光荣guāng rónghonor and glory; glorious
  86. 办事bàn shìto handle (affairs); to work
  87. 异性yì xìngthe opposite sex; of the opposite sex
  88. 念头niàn touthought; idea; intention
  89. 暗杀àn shāto assassinate
  90. 游艇yóu tǐngbarge; yacht
  91. 甩掉shuǎi diàoto throw off; to abandon
  92. 药品yào pǐnmedicaments; medicine
  93. 宾bīnvisitor; guest
  94. 小鬼xiǎo guǐlittle demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child
  95. 挨āiin order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to
  96. 赐予cì yǔto grant; to bestow
  97. 违背wéi bèito go against; to be contrary to
  98. 逻辑luó jilogic (loanword)
  99. 倒是dào shicontrary to what one might expect; actually
  100. 圈套quān tàotrap; snare; trick

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.