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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 余孽

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
余孽 yú niè - remaining evil element; surviving members (of an evil former regime); dregs (of a colonial administration)

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
- - 63,001 57,148 41,210

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Yu
- (literary) I; me
- variant of 餘|余[yu2]
- extra
- surplus
- remaining
- remainder after division
- (following numerical value) or more
- in excess of (some number)
- residue (math.)
- after
- I
- me
niè- son born of a concubine
- disaster
- sin
- evil
niè- variant of 孽[nie4]

Other Words Containing 余孽

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
余孽 - - 63,001 57,148 41,210