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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 半世

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - - 44,906 18,292

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
半 bàn- half
- semi-
- incomplete
- (after a number) and a half
世 shì- surname Shi
世 shì- life
- age
- generation
- era
- world
- lifetime
- epoch
- descendant
- noble

Other Words Containing 半世

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo