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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 儿子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
儿子 ér zi - son

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
1 1 321 1,011 893

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
rén- variant of 人[ren2]
- "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
ér- child
- son
r- non-syllabic diminutive suffix
- retroflex final
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 儿子

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
儿子 1 1 321 1,011 893
干儿子 - - 83,086 43,480 22,596