Chinese word frequency

Top 1,000 Chinese words

The 1,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.

Words 101–200

Ordered by frequency
  1. 是的shì deyes, that's right
  2. 死sǐto die; impassable
  3. 次cìtime (measure word for events); next in sequence; second
  4. 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur
  5. 那么nà melike that; in that way
  6. 干gànto do; to work; to manage; capable
  7. 那个nà gethat one; that thing
  8. 嘿hēihey
  9. 们menplural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
  10. 话huàwords; speech; talk; what sb said; language; dialect
  11. 而érand; as well as
  12. 么máexclamatory final particle
  13. 东西dōng xithing; stuff
  14. 应该yīng gāiought to; should
  15. 孩子hái zichild
  16. 起来qǐ laito stand up; to get up
  17. 所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result
  18. 这些zhè xiēthese
  19. 才cáionly then; just now; only (before a quantity)
  20. 两liǎngtwo; both
  21. 错cuòmistake; wrong
  22. 还有hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
  23. 又yòu(once) again; also
  24. 小xiǎosmall; tiny
  25. 中zhōngwithin; among; in; middle; center
  26. 叫jiàoto shout; to call
  27. 嗯ēn(a groaning sound)
  28. 该gāishould; ought to
  29. 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till
  30. 问题wèn tíquestion; problem
  31. 一起yī qǐin the same place; together
  32. 拿náto hold; to seize
  33. 更gèngmore; even more
  34. 开始kāi shǐto begin; beginning
  35. 帮bāngto help; to assist
  36. 打dǎto beat; to strike
  37. 爱àito love; to be fond of; to like; affection
  38. 带dàito bring; to take along; to carry; to lead; to look after
  39. 时间shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
  40. 年niányear
  41. 请qǐngto ask; to invite
  42. 回huíto circle; to go back
  43. 工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operateIn context
  44. 然后rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
  45. 当dāngto be; to act as
  46. 见jiànto see; to meet
  47. 钱qiáncoin; money
  48. 噢ōoh; ah (used to indicate realization)
  49. 一样yī yàngsame; like
  50. 事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business
  51. 就是jiù shìexactly; precisely; only; simply; just
  52. 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
  53. 所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
  54. 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  55. 一下yī xià(used after a verb) give it a go; to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  56. 家jiāhome; family
  57. 非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary
  58. 看到kàn dàoto see
  59. 希望xī wàngto hope; a hope; a wish
  60. 那些nà xiēthose
  61. 哪nǎhow; which
  62. 当然dāng ránonly natural; as it should be
  63. 也许yě xǔperhaps; maybe
  64. 行xíngto walk; to go
  65. 朋友péng youfriend
  66. 妈妈mā mamama; mommy
  67. 相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
  68. 前qiánfront; forward
  69. 嗨hāioh alas; hey!
  70. 认为rèn wéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
  71. 将jiāngwill; shall
  72. 这儿zhè rhere
  73. 今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
  74. 明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
  75. 一直yī zhíalways; continuously; all the way through; straight (in a straight line)
  76. 看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine
  77. 车chēcar; vehicle
  78. 时shío'clock; time
  79. 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce
  80. 地方dì fangarea; place
  81. 不过bù guòonly; merely
  82. 呃è(exclamation); to hiccup
  83. 发生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
  84. 几jǐhow much; how many
  85. 回来huí laito return; to come back
  86. 准备zhǔn bèipreparation; to prepare
  87. 找到zhǎo dàoto find
  88. 后hòuback; behind
  89. 爸爸bà ba(coll.) father; dad
  90. 一切yī qièeverything; every
  91. 抱歉bào qiànto be sorry; to feel apologetic
  92. 比bǐto compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}
  93. 感觉gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
  94. 些xiēclassifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
  95. 只是zhǐ shìmerely; only; just; nothing but; simply
  96. 怎么样zěn me yànghow?; how about?
  97. 出来chū láito come out; to appear
  98. 不要bù yàodon't!; must not
  99. 对不起duì bu qǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint
  100. 问wènto ask; to inquire

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.