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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 中原

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
中原 zhōng yuán - Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei

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
- - 42,278 6,347 12,441

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhōng- (bound form) China; Chinese
- surname Zhong
zhōng- within; among; in
- middle; center
- while (doing sth); during
- (dialect) OK; all right
zhòng- to hit (the mark)
- to be hit by
- to suffer
- to win (a prize, a lottery)
yuán- surname Yuan
- (Japanese surname) Hara
yuán- former
- original
- primary
- raw
- level
- cause
- source

Other Words Containing 中原

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
中原 - - 42,278 6,347 12,441
中原区 - - 87,211 83,130 97,947