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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一生 yī shēng - all one's life; throughout one's life

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 2 1,192 2,063 817

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 一生

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一生 - 2 1,192 2,063 817
一生一世 - - 21,046 20,067 8,117
九死一生 - - 42,451 52,986 43,664