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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 便士

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
便士 biàn shì - (loanword) pence
- penny

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
- - 9,467 50,478 44,442

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
便 biàn- plain
- informal
- suitable
- convenient
- opportune
- to urinate or defecate
- equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then
- in that case
- even if
- soon afterwards
便 pián- used in 便宜[pian2yi5]
- used in 便便[pian2pian2]
- used in 便嬛[pian2xuan1]
shì- surname Shi
shì- member of the senior ministerial class (old)
- scholar (old)
- bachelor
- honorific
- soldier
- noncommissioned officer
- specialist worker

Other Words Containing 便士

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
便士 - - 9,467 50,478 44,442