Chinese word frequency

Top 10,000 Chinese words

The 10,000 most frequent dictionary entries in SUBTLEX-CH subtitles, with pinyin and English definitions.

Words 201–300

Ordered by frequency
  1. 离开lí kāito depart; to leave
  2. 一点yī diǎna bit; a little
  3. 一定yī dìngsurely; certainly
  4. 起qǐto rise; to raise
  5. 还是hái shistill (as before); had better
  6. 发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detectIn context
  7. 所suǒplace; measure word for houses, institutions etc
  8. 住zhùto live; to dwell
  9. 件jiànitem; component
  10. 正zhèngstraight; upright
  11. 而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover
  12. 并bìngand; furthermore
  13. 必须bì xūto have to; must
  14. 意思yì simeaning; idea; opinion
  15. 放fàngto put; to place
  16. 不错bù cuòcorrect; right
  17. 肯定kěn dìngto be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely
  18. 电话diàn huàtelephone; phone call
  19. 为了wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
  20. 搞gǎoto do; to make
  21. 棒bàngstick; club
  22. 第一dì yīfirst; number one
  23. 妈māma; mom
  24. 地dìearth; ground
  25. 进jìnto go forward; to advance
  26. 那样nà yàngthat kind; that sort
  27. 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
  28. 新xīnnew; newly
  29. 您nínyou (courteous, as opposed to informal 你 (nǐ))
  30. 向xiàngtowards; to face
  31. 一些yī xiēsome; a few
  32. 三sānthree; 3
  33. 那里nà lithere; that place
  34. 以为yǐ wéito think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
  35. 高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad
  36. 嘛mamodal particle indicating that sth is obvious; particle indicating a pause for emphasis
  37. 老lǎoold (of people); venerable; always; very
  38. 位wèiposition; location
  39. 过来guò láito come over; to manage
  40. 掉diàoto fall; to drop
  41. 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally
  42. 等等děng děnget cetera; and so on ...
  43. 生活shēng huóto live; lifeIn context
  44. 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 (de)); him
  45. 买mǎito buy; to purchase
  46. 种zhǒngseed; species
  47. 医生yī shēngdoctor
  48. 最后zuì hòufinal; last
  49. 之前zhī qiánbefore; prior to
  50. 伙计huǒ jipartner; fellow
  51. 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold
  52. 任何rèn héany; whatever; whichever
  53. 哪儿nǎ rwhere?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere
  54. 这种zhè zhǒngthis kind of
  55. 上帝Shàng dìGod
  56. 女人nǚ rénwoman
  57. 名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
  58. 认识rèn shito know; to recognize
  59. 坐zuòto sit; to take a seat
  60. 今晚jīn wǎntonight
  61. 其他qí tāother; (sth or sb) else
  62. 喝hēto drink
  63. 记得jì deto remember
  64. 家伙jiā huoguy; chap; weapon
  65. 与yǔand; to give
  66. 或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
  67. 写xiěto write
  68. 穿chuānto wear; to put on
  69. 弄nòngto do; to manage
  70. 过去guò qù(in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by
  71. 哪里nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere
  72. 啦lasentence-final particle, contraction of 了啊, indicating exclamation; particle placed after each item in a list of examples
  73. 却quèbut; yet
  74. 算suànto regard as; to figure
  75. 担心dān xīnanxious; worried
  76. 继续jì xùto continue; to proceed with; to go on with
  77. 送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit; to give (as a present)
  78. 女孩nǚ háigirl; lass
  79. 以yǐto use; by means of
  80. 玩wánto play; to have fun
  81. 亲爱qīn àidear; beloved
  82. 下来xià laito come down; (completed action marker)
  83. 成chéngto succeed; to finish
  84. 条tiáostrip; item
  85. 够gòuenough (sufficient); enough (too much)
  86. 父亲fù qīnfather
  87. 以前yǐ qiánbefore; formerly
  88. 跑pǎoto run; to run away
  89. 月yuèmoon; month
  90. 早zǎoearly; morning
  91. 美国Měi guóUnited States; USA; US
  92. 长chánglength; long
  93. 完全wán quáncomplete; whole; totally; entirely
  94. 宝贝bǎo bèitreasured object; treasure
  95. 号hàoordinal number; day of a month
  96. 枪qiānggun; firearm
  97. 狗gǒudog
  98. 可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
  99. 世界shì jièworld
  100. 小时xiǎo shíhour

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.