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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 元音

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
元音 yuán yīn - vowel

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
- - 21,775 44,697 58,180

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yuán- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
yuán- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon
yīn- sound
- noise
- note (of musical scale)
- tone
- news
- syllable
- reading (phonetic value of a character)

Other Words Containing 元音

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
元音 - - 21,775 44,697 58,180