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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 世代相传
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 世代相传 | shì dài xiāng chuán | - passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,019 | 61,170 | 78,019 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 世 | shì | - surname Shi |
| 世 | shì | - life - age - generation - era - world - lifetime - epoch - descendant - noble |
| 代 | dài | - to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute - generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 相 | xiāng | - surname Xiang |
| 相 | xiāng | - each other - one another - mutually - fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) |
| 相 | xiàng | - appearance - portrait - picture - government minister - (physics) phase - (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) - to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
| 传 | chuán | - to pass on - to spread - to transmit - to infect - to transfer - to circulate - to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 | zhuàn | - biography - historical narrative - commentaries - relay station |
Other Words Containing 世代相传
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 世代相传 | - | - | 36,019 | 61,170 | 78,019 |