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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 公元前
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 公元前 | gōng yuán qián | - BCE (before the Common Era) - BC (before Christ) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 13,030 | - | - |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 公 | gōng | - public - collectively owned - common - international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) - make public - fair - just - Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] - honorable (gentlemen) - father-in-law - male (animal) |
| 元 | yuán | - surname Yuan - Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 元 | 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 |
| 前 | qián | - front - forward - ahead - first - top (followed by a number) - future - ago - before - BC (e.g. 前293年) - former - formerly |
Other Words Containing 公元前
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 公元前 | - | - | 13,030 | - | - |