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 601–700

Ordered by frequency
  1. 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate
  2. 完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish
  3. 部bùministry; department
  4. 昨晚zuó wǎnyesterday evening; last night
  5. 同tónglike; same
  6. 医院yī yuànhospital
  7. 不行bù xíngwon't do; be out of the question
  8. 半bànhalf; semi-
  9. 而已ér yǐthat's all; nothing more
  10. 上面shàng miànon top of; above-mentioned
  11. 样子yàng ziappearance; manner
  12. 少shǎofew; less
  13. 有趣yǒu qùinteresting; fascinating
  14. 提títo carry (hanging down from the hand); to lift
  15. 没关系méi guān xiit doesn't matter
  16. 斯sī(phonetic); this
  17. 杰克Jié kèJack (name)
  18. 真的zhēn dereally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine
  19. 部分bù fenpart; share
  20. 要求yāo qiúto request; to require
  21. 糟糕zāo gāotoo bad; how terrible
  22. 除了chú lebesides; apart from (... also...)
  23. 容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
  24. 保持bǎo chíto keep; to maintain
  25. 虽然suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kěshì) or 但是 (dànshì) etc)
  26. 办bànto do; to manage
  27. 想到xiǎng dàoto think of; to call to mind
  28. 教jiāoto teach
  29. 理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
  30. 证据zhèng jùevidence; proof
  31. 加jiāto add; plus
  32. 脸liǎnface
  33. 简单jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated
  34. 不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
  35. 夫人fū renlady; madam
  36. 父母fù mǔfather and mother; parents
  37. 重zhòngheavy; serious
  38. 恩ēnfavor; grace
  39. 曾céngonce; already
  40. 事实shì shífact
  41. 飞机fēi jīairplane
  42. 家庭jiā tíngfamily; household
  43. 象xiàngelephant; shape
  44. 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn
  45. 秘密mì mìsecret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
  46. 法fǎlaw; method
  47. 尸体shī tǐdead body; corpse
  48. 打开dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
  49. 季jìseason; the last month of a season
  50. 检查jiǎn cháinspection; to examine
  51. 早上zǎo shangearly morning
  52. 玩笑wán xiàoto joke; joke
  53. 任务rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role
  54. 现场xiàn chǎngthe scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot
  55. 使shǐto make; to cause
  56. 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction
  57. 博士bó shìdoctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade
  58. 直到zhí dàountil
  59. 紧张jǐn zhāngnervous; keyed up
  60. 二èrtwo; 2
  61. 简直jiǎn zhísimply; really
  62. 放弃fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
  63. 小子xiǎo zi(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker
  64. 电视diàn shìtelevision; TV
  65. 强qiángstrong; powerful
  66. 不好意思bù hǎo yì sito feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing
  67. 大概dà gàiroughly; probably
  68. 的确dí quèreally; indeed
  69. 特tèspecial; unique
  70. 药yàomedicine; drug
  71. 回到huí dàoto return to
  72. 男孩nán háiboy
  73. 音乐yīn yuèmusic
  74. 身体shēn tǐthe body; one's health
  75. 血xuèblood; colloquial pr. xiě
  76. 留下liú xiàto leave behind; to stay behind
  77. 方式fāng shìway; manner; style; mode; pattern
  78. 伤shāngto injure; injury
  79. 怪guàibewildering; odd
  80. 美元Měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
  81. 监狱jiān yùprison
  82. 读dúto read out; to read aloud; to read
  83. 这边zhè biānthis side; here
  84. 重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
  85. 瞧qiáoto look at; to see
  86. 疯狂fēng kuángcrazy; frenzied; wild
  87. 收到shōu dàoto receive
  88. 其中qí zhōngamong; in
  89. 片piànthin piece; flake
  90. 想法xiǎng fǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
  91. 纽约Niǔ yuēNew York
  92. 家里jiā lǐhome
  93. 黑hēiblack; dark
  94. 身shēnbody; life
  95. 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose
  96. 后面hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
  97. 性xìngnature; character
  98. 带来dài láito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
  99. 昨天zuó tiānyesterday
  100. 不好bù hǎono good

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.