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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 丈母娘

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng - wife's mother; mother-in-law

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
- - 28,469 28,605 13,843

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhàng- measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m)
- to measure
- husband
- polite appellation for an older male
- mother
- elderly female relative
- origin
- source
- (of animals) female
niáng- mother
- young lady
- (coll.) effeminate
niáng- variant of 娘[niang2]

Other Words Containing 丈母娘

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
丈母娘 - - 28,469 28,605 13,843