Objective To translate and validate the Sarcopenia-Five Scale in Chinese community-dwelling elderly, and to provide a simple and effective assessment tool for screening sarcopenia. Methods The SARC-F Scale was translated into Chinese.Then 6 experts were invited to evaluate the content validity, and 340 community-dwelling elderly people were assessed to calculate construct validity, criterion validity, specificity and sensitivity. Results The Cronbach′s α coefficient was 0.803 and test-retest reliability was 0.821. One factor was identified through exploratory factor analysis, accounting for 56.871% of the total variance and the confirmatory factor analysis revealed 1-factor model fit well （χ2/df=1.767,CFI=0.992,GFI=0.990,NFI=0.983,TLI=0.985,RMSEA=0.048）.The SARC-F Scale score was significantly correlated with appendicular skeletal muscle mass index (r=-0.796,P＜0.01).The optimal cut-off point for sarcopenia in male was 4.5, with the specificity of 97.2% and sensitivity of 76.9%, and that in female was 5.5, with the specificity of 95.1% and sensitivity of 71.4%. Conclusion The SARC-F has good reliability and validity and high specificity, which can be used for screening sarcopenia in community-dwelling elderly persons.