The embodiment of the application provides a transform coefficient coding method, a transform coefficient decoding method and a terminal, and belongs to the technical field of coding and decoding. The transform coefficient coding method comprises the following steps: determining a first columbus order corresponding to a DC coefficient according to an amplitude corresponding to the DC coefficient in transform coefficients; in the case that the transform coefficients comprise the DC coefficient, generating a target code
stream according to the first columbus order corresponding to the DC coefficient and a coding result of the DC coefficient; or in the case that the transform coefficients comprise the DC coefficient and AC coefficients, performing at least one of the following operations: generating the target code
stream based on the first columbus order corresponding to the DC coefficient, the coding result of the DC coefficient and a coding result of each
AC coefficient; or determining a second columbus order corresponding to the
AC coefficient according to the first columbus order and an amplitude corresponding to the first
AC coefficient; and generating the target code
stream based on the first columbus order corresponding to the DC coefficient, the coding result of the DC coefficient and the coding result of each AC coefficient.