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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 传说

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
传说 chuán shuō - legend; folk tale
- to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

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 3 2,852 3,428 1,571

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chuán- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
zhuàn- biography
- historical narrative
- commentaries
- relay station
shuì- to persuade
shuō- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- (bound form) theory; doctrine
shuō- variant of 說|说[shuo1]

Other Words Containing 传说

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
传说 5 3 2,852 3,428 1,571