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
| # | Character | Pinyin | Gloss | Uses/M | Cum. Freq | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 我 | wǒ | I; me | 43956.7 | 4.66% | ✓ |
| 2 | 的 | de, dì, dí | [possessive] | 37618.2 | 8.64% | ✓ |
| 3 | 你 | nǐ | you | 30845.4 | 11.91% | ✓ |
| 4 | 是 | shì, shi | is | 25022.9 | 14.56% | ✓ |
| 5 | 了瞭 | le, liǎo, liào | finish | 21220.5 | 16.8% | ✓ |
| 6 | 不 | bù, bu | no | 19313.7 | 18.85% | ✓ |
| 7 | 们們 | men | [plural] | 14981.6 | 20.44% | ✓ |
| 8 | 这這 | zhè | this | 13531.8 | 21.87% | ✓ |
| 9 | 一 | yī | one | 12895.9 | 23.23% | ✓ |
| 10 | 他 | tā | he | 12050.9 | 24.51% | ✓ |
| 11 | 么幺麼麽 | me | [question particle] | 11908.4 | 25.77% | ✓ |
| 12 | 在 | zài | be at | 11664.3 | 27.01% | ✓ |
| 13 | 有 | yǒu | have | 11392.4 | 28.21% | ✓ |
| 14 | 个個 | gè, ge, gě | [measure word] | 9669.4 | 29.24% | ✓ |
| 15 | 好 | hǎo, hāo, hào | good | 8811.9 | 30.17% | ✓ |
| 16 | 来來 | lái | come | 8067.7 | 31.03% | ✓ |
| 17 | 人 | rén, ren | person | 7969.3 | 31.87% | ✓ |
| 18 | 那 | nà | that | 7792.8 | 32.7% | ✓ |
| 19 | 要 | yào, yāo | want | 7594.4 | 33.5% | ✓ |
| 20 | 会會 | huì, kuài | to gather | 6863.4 | 34.23% | ✓ |
| 21 | 就 | jiù | just,then | 6699.1 | 34.94% | ✓ |
| 22 | 什 | shén, shen | what | 6558.0 | 35.63% | ✓ |
| 23 | 没沒 | méi, mò | not have | 6273.9 | 36.3% | ✓ |
| 24 | 到 | dào, dao | go to | 6196.1 | 36.95% | ✓ |
| 25 | 说說説 | shuō | speak | 6017.0 | 37.59% | ✓ |
| 26 | 吗嗎 | ma, má | final interrogative particle | 5408.5 | 38.16% | ✓ |
| 27 | 为為爲 | wèi, wéi | do | 5320.8 | 38.72% | ✓ |
| 28 | 想 | xiǎng | think | 5282.8 | 39.28% | ✓ |
| 29 | 能 | néng | to be able | 5158.2 | 39.83% | ✓ |
| 30 | 上 | shàng, shang | up | 5047.9 | 40.37% | ✓ |
| 31 | 去 | qù | go away | 4960.3 | 40.89% | ✓ |
| 32 | 道 | dào, dao | path | 4921.6 | 41.41% | ⚠ |
| 33 | 她 | tā | she | 4920.2 | 41.93% | ✓ |
| 34 | 很 | hěn | very | 4688.7 | 42.43% | ✓ |
| 35 | 看 | kàn, kān | look | 4568.1 | 42.91% | ✓ |
| 36 | 可 | kě | able to | 4540.2 | 43.39% | ✓ |
| 37 | 知 | zhī | know | 4516.2 | 43.87% | ✓ |
| 38 | 得 | de, dé, děi | obtain | 4441.7 | 44.34% | ✓ |
| 39 | 过過 | guò, guo | pass | 4233.0 | 44.79% | ✓ |
| 40 | 吧 | ba | emphatic final particle | 4209.1 | 45.24% | ✓ |
| 41 | 还還 | hái, huán | still, return | 4107.3 | 45.67% | ✓ |
| 42 | 对對 | duì | correct | 4094.6 | 46.11% | ✓ |
| 43 | 里裡裏 | lǐ, li | village | 4071.1 | 46.54% | ✓ |
| 44 | 以 | yǐ | by means of | 3939.0 | 46.95% | ✓ |
| 45 | 都 | dōu, dū | metropolis | 3855.3 | 47.36% | ✓ |
| 46 | 事 | shì, shi | matter | 3836.7 | 47.77% | ✓ |
| 47 | 子 | zi, zǐ | child | 3793.5 | 48.17% | ✓ |
| 48 | 生 | shēng, sheng | life | 3474.0 | 48.54% | ✓ |
| 49 | 时時 | shí | time | 3471.6 | 48.91% | ✓ |
| 50 | 样樣 | yàng | shape | 3445.9 | 49.27% | ✓ |
| 51 | 也 | yě | also | 3414.2 | 49.63% | ✓ |
| 52 | 和 | hé, huo, he | harmony | 3329.1 | 49.99% | ✓ |
| 53 | 下 | xià, xia | under | 3278.4 | 50.33% | ✓ |
| 54 | 真 | zhēn | real | 3008.6 | 50.65% | ✓ |
| 55 | 现現 | xiàn | appear | 2941.4 | 50.96% | ✓ |
| 56 | 做 | zuò | work | 2910.4 | 51.27% | ✓ |
| 57 | 大 | dà, dài | big | 2885.5 | 51.58% | ✓ |
| 58 | 啊 | a, ā | exclamatory particle | 2804.1 | 51.87% | ✓ |
| 59 | 怎 | zěn | what? why? how? | 2769.8 | 52.17% | ✓ |
| 60 | 出齣 | chū | go out | 2762.6 | 52.46% | ✓ |
| 61 | 点點 | diǎn | dot | 2733.2 | 52.75% | ✓ |
| 62 | 起 | qǐ | go up | 2723.6 | 53.04% | ✓ |
| 63 | 天 | tiān, tian | sky | 2712.4 | 53.32% | ✓ |
| 64 | 把 | bǎ | hold | 2708.8 | 53.61% | ✓ |
| 65 | 开開 | kāi | open | 2707.1 | 53.9% | ✓ |
| 66 | 让讓 | ràng | allow | 2671.0 | 54.18% | ✓ |
| 67 | 给給 | gěi, jǐ | give | 2644.8 | 54.46% | ✓ |
| 68 | 但 | dàn | only | 2609.6 | 54.74% | ✓ |
| 69 | 谢謝 | xiè, xie | thank | 2576.1 | 55.01% | ✓ |
| 70 | 着著 | zhe, zháo, zhuó | [progress particle] | 2508.0 | 55.28% | ✓ |
| 71 | 只隻戠衹 | zhǐ, zhī | only | 2506.5 | 55.54% | ✓ |
| 72 | 些 | xiē | a few | 2415.0 | 55.8% | ✓ |
| 73 | 如 | rú | be like | 2414.6 | 56.05% | ✓ |
| 74 | 家傢 | jiā, jia | house | 2399.3 | 56.31% | ✓ |
| 75 | 后後 | hòu | queen, after | 2346.6 | 56.56% | ✓ |
| 76 | 儿兒 | r, ér | child | 2250.2 | 56.79% | ✓ |
| 77 | 多 | duō | much | 2221.3 | 57.03% | ✓ |
| 78 | 意 | yì, yi | thought | 2206.5 | 57.26% | ✓ |
| 79 | 别別彆 | bié, biè | separate | 2178.3 | 57.49% | ✓ |
| 80 | 所 | suǒ | place | 2144.4 | 57.72% | ✓ |
| 81 | 话話 | huà, hua | speech | 2132.3 | 57.95% | ✓ |
| 82 | 小 | xiǎo | small | 2123.5 | 58.17% | ✓ |
| 83 | 自 | zì | (nose), self | 2107.1 | 58.39% | ✓ |
| 84 | 回迴 | huí | return | 1979.3 | 58.6% | ✓ |
| 85 | 然 | rán, ran | yes | 1953.7 | 58.81% | ✓ |
| 86 | 果 | guǒ | fruit | 1952.8 | 59.02% | ✓ |
| 87 | 发發髮 | fā, fa, fà | issue | 1870.8 | 59.22% | ✓ |
| 88 | 见見 | jiàn, xiàn, jian | see | 1830.1 | 59.41% | ✓ |
| 89 | 心 | xīn, xin | heart | 1780.9 | 59.6% | ✓ |
| 90 | 走 | zǒu | walk | 1766.9 | 59.79% | ✓ |
| 91 | 定 | dìng | settle | 1743.3 | 59.97% | ✓ |
| 92 | 听聽 | tīng, ting | listen | 1741.4 | 60.15% | ✓ |
| 93 | 觉覺 | jué, jiào | feel, think | 1732.6 | 60.34% | ✓ |
| 94 | 太 | tài, tai | very | 1726.9 | 60.52% | ✓ |
| 95 | 该該 | gāi | should | 1721.6 | 60.7% | ✓ |
| 96 | 当噹當 | dāng, dàng, dang | to match | 1712.8 | 60.88% | ✓ |
| 97 | 经經 | jīng, jing | pass through | 1712.3 | 61.07% | ✓ |
| 98 | 妈媽 | mā, ma | mother | 1697.8 | 61.25% | ✓ |
| 99 | 用 | yòng, yong | use | 1692.9 | 61.43% | ✓ |
| 100 | 打 | dǎ, da | strike | 1692.2 | 61.6% | ✓ |