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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 公民

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
公民 gōng mín - citizen

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
6 3 3,070 2,686 2,387

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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)
mín- surname Min
mín- (bound form) the people
- inhabitants of a country

Other Words Containing 公民

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
公民 6 3 3,070 2,686 2,387
公民权 - - 19,234 71,471 66,585