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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 下水道

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
下水道 xià shuǐ dào - sewer

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
- - 5,850 20,504 19,539

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)

Other Words Containing 下水道

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
下水道 - - 5,850 20,504 19,539