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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 冒名

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
冒名 mào míng - an impostor
- to impersonate

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
- - 56,668 59,745 65,116

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
mào- surname Mao
mào- to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)
- to brave; to face
- (bound form) reckless
- to falsely adopt (sb's identity etc); to feign
- (literary) to cover
mào- old variant of 冒[mao4]
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people

Other Words Containing 冒名

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
冒名顶替 - - 25,217 67,151 74,327
冒名 - - 56,668 59,745 65,116