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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 光州

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
光州 guāng zhōu - Guangzhou, old name for Huangchuan 潢川[Huang2 chuan1] in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan
- Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[Quan2 luo2 nan2 dao4], South Korea

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
- - 57,105 61,659 66,525

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
光 guāng- light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
州 zhōu- prefecture
- (old) province
- (old) administrative division
- state (e.g. of US)
- oblast (Russia)
- canton (Switzerland)

Other Words Containing 光州

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
光州 - - 57,105 61,659 66,525