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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 书生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
书生 shū shēng - scholar
- intellectual
- egghead

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
- - 42,107 13,384 19,183

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
书 shū- abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
书 shū- book
- letter
- document
- CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]
- to write
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 书生

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
书生 - - 42,107 13,384 19,183
文弱书生 - - 65,172 - -