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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
cóng - variant of 從|从[cong2]
cóng - surname Cong
cóng - from; through; via
- (bound form) to follow
- (bound form) to obey
- (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
- (used before a negative) ever
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

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
2 1 92 49 148

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

One person 人 following another

Other Words Containing

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
2 1 92 49 148
从来 4 3 401 2,046 1,244
从没 - 6 798 7,598 5,437
自从 5 3 1,171 3,342 3,306
从未 - 7 1,391 4,256 3,468
从不 - 6 3,912 4,992 2,946
从此 5 4 4,496 3,376 2,378
服从 5 5 4,518 7,822 12,592
从前 5 3 4,659 5,636 3,337
从事 5 3 4,750 1,931 7,458
从小 - 2 5,173 4,139 3,341
从头 - 7 5,771 13,472 7,663
从中 - 5 6,311 4,901 10,449
听从 - 7 6,902 14,609 16,665
从而 5 5 7,308 1,146 5,098
从来不 - 7 7,909 7,891 4,491
从头到尾 - - 8,884 21,112 12,675
遵从 - - 10,737 24,533 24,276
从天而降 - - 10,970 23,850 17,922
顺从 - 8 11,294 23,267 17,156
无从 6 - 11,832 11,919 13,454
从犯 - - 13,855 58,248 72,659
从容 - 8 14,559 8,084 5,629
随从 - - 15,009 26,352 42,438
何去何从 - - 19,182 23,785 16,183
侍从 - - 19,448 38,839 70,117
无所适从 - - 21,616 24,252 22,220
屈从 - - 22,435 41,497 47,286
从军 - - 22,494 33,201 33,211
力不从心 - 9 23,051 20,445 16,529
从政 - - 24,298 21,557 31,710
从业 - 9 24,573 13,836 18,886
从宽 - - 25,538 43,788 65,357
从长计议 - - 31,854 56,641 70,864
盲从 - - 33,091 34,182 20,796
师从 - - 33,247 33,268 43,675
从医 - - 34,192 52,955 64,346
无从下手 - - 34,235 45,732 31,064
从容不迫 6 9 35,100 39,225 34,321
从良 - - 37,181 58,424 30,500
从业者 - - 40,217 26,983 28,172
从严 - - 41,091 13,488 37,543
主从 - - 43,662 60,476 60,958
依从 - - 44,690 68,566 100,202
从艺 - - 46,683 52,750 56,529
从速 - - 47,017 35,000 18,073
从江 - - 61,351 48,988 68,700
从一而终 - - 69,741 56,674 32,336
信从 - - 81,005 79,069 60,157