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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 上层建筑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
上层建筑 shàng céng jiàn zhù - superstructure

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
- - 53,116 23,115 39,962

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above
céng- to pile on top of one another
- layer; stratum
- floor (of a building); story
- (math.) sheaf
- classifier for layers
jiàn- to establish
- to found
- to set up
- to build
- to construct
zhù- short name for Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Gui4 yang2]
zhù- five-string lute
- Taiwan pr. [zhu2]
zhù- to build
- to construct
- to ram
- to hit
- Taiwan pr. [zhu2]

Other Words Containing 上层建筑

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
上层建筑 - - 53,116 23,115 39,962