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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 半生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
半生 bàn shēng - half a lifetime

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
- - 11,776 22,932 12,239

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
半 bàn- half
- semi-
- incomplete
- (after a number) and a half
生 shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 半生

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
半生 - - 11,776 22,932 12,239
半生不熟 - - 42,137 70,308 47,698