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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 半音

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
半音 bàn yīn - semitone

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
- - 49,015 104,324 92,051

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
半 bàn- half
- semi-
- incomplete
- (after a number) and a half
音 yīn- sound
- noise
- note (of musical scale)
- tone
- news
- syllable
- reading (phonetic value of a character)

Other Words Containing 半音

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
半音 - - 49,015 104,324 92,051