Movie Frequency

Characters ranked by how often they appear in Chinese film subtitles (SUBTLEX-CH corpus, 6,243 films).

Showing 1–100 of 5,936 characters

#CharacterPinyinGlossUses/MCum. FreqVerified
1I; me43956.74.66%
2de, dì, dí[possessive]37618.28.64%
3you30845.411.91%
4shì, shiis25022.914.56%
5le, liǎo, liàofinish21220.516.8%
6bù, buno19313.718.85%
7men[plural]14981.620.44%
8zhèthis13531.821.87%
9one12895.923.23%
10he12050.924.51%
11me[question particle]11908.425.77%
12zàibe at11664.327.01%
13yǒuhave11392.428.21%
14gè, ge, gě[measure word]9669.429.24%
15hǎo, hāo, hàogood8811.930.17%
16láicome8067.731.03%
17rén, renperson7969.331.87%
18that7792.832.7%
19yào, yāowant7594.433.5%
20huì, kuàito gather6863.434.23%
21jiùjust,then6699.134.94%
22shén, shenwhat6558.035.63%
23méi, mònot have6273.936.3%
24dào, daogo to6196.136.95%
25shuōspeak6017.037.59%
26ma, máfinal interrogative particle5408.538.16%
27wèi, wéido5320.838.72%
28xiǎngthink5282.839.28%
29néngto be able5158.239.83%
30shàng, shangup5047.940.37%
31go away4960.340.89%
32dào, daopath4921.641.41%
33she4920.241.93%
34hěnvery4688.742.43%
35kàn, kānlook4568.142.91%
36able to4540.243.39%
37zhīknow4516.243.87%
38de, dé, děiobtain4441.744.34%
39guò, guopass4233.044.79%
40baemphatic final particle4209.145.24%
41hái, huánstill, return4107.345.67%
42duìcorrect4094.646.11%
43lǐ, livillage4071.146.54%
44by means of3939.046.95%
45dōu, dūmetropolis3855.347.36%
46shì, shimatter3836.747.77%
47zi, zǐchild3793.548.17%
48shēng, shenglife3474.048.54%
49shítime3471.648.91%
50yàngshape3445.949.27%
51also3414.249.63%
52hé, huo, heharmony3329.149.99%
53xià, xiaunder3278.450.33%
54zhēnreal3008.650.65%
55xiànappear2941.450.96%
56zuòwork2910.451.27%
57dà, dàibig2885.551.58%
58a, āexclamatory particle2804.151.87%
59zěnwhat? why? how?2769.852.17%
60chūgo out2762.652.46%
61diǎndot2733.252.75%
62go up2723.653.04%
63tiān, tiansky2712.453.32%
64hold2708.853.61%
65kāiopen2707.153.9%
66ràngallow2671.054.18%
67gěi, jǐgive2644.854.46%
68dànonly2609.654.74%
69xiè, xiethank2576.155.01%
70zhe, zháo, zhuó[progress particle]2508.055.28%
71zhǐ, zhīonly2506.555.54%
72xiēa few2415.055.8%
73be like2414.656.05%
74jiā, jiahouse2399.356.31%
75hòuqueen, after2346.656.56%
76r, érchild2250.256.79%
77duōmuch2221.357.03%
78yì, yithought2206.557.26%
79bié, bièseparate2178.357.49%
80suǒplace2144.457.72%
81huà, huaspeech2132.357.95%
82xiǎosmall2123.558.17%
83(nose), self2107.158.39%
84huíreturn1979.358.6%
85rán, ranyes1953.758.81%
86guǒfruit1952.859.02%
87fā, fa, fàissue1870.859.22%
88jiàn, xiàn, jiansee1830.159.41%
89xīn, xinheart1780.959.6%
90zǒuwalk1766.959.79%
91dìngsettle1743.359.97%
92tīng, tinglisten1741.460.15%
93jué, jiàofeel, think1732.660.34%
94tài, taivery1726.960.52%
95gāishould1721.660.7%
96dāng, dàng, dangto match1712.860.88%
97jīng, jingpass through1712.361.07%
98mā, mamother1697.861.25%
99yòng, yonguse1692.961.43%
100dǎ, dastrike1692.261.6%