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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一般

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一般 yī bān - same
- ordinary
- so-so
- common
- general
- generally
- in general

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
3 2 1,134 466 851

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
bān- sort
- kind
- class
- way
- manner
- used in 般若[bo1re3]
pán- see 般樂|般乐[pan2 le4]

Other Words Containing 一般

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
一般 3 2 1,134 466 851
一般来说 - 4 8,062 10,367 17,613
一般说来 - - 26,816 27,726 57,652
一般而言 - - 38,181 22,996 37,431
一般性 - - 40,653 20,983 41,715