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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 八股文
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 八股文 | bā gǔ wén | - eight-part essay one had to master to pass the imperial exams in Ming and Qing dynasties |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 82,132 | 75,831 | 62,376 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 八 | bā | - eight |
| 股 | gǔ | - thigh - part of a whole; portion of a sum - (finance) stock; share - strand of a thread - low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] - classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc - classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff - classifier for bands of people, gangs etc - classifier for sudden forceful actions |
| 文 | wén | - surname Wen |
| 文 | wén | - language - culture - writing - formal - literary - gentle - (old) classifier for coins - Kangxi radical 67 |
Other Words Containing 八股文
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 八股文 | - | - | 82,132 | 75,831 | 62,376 |