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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 卫道士

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
卫道士 wèi dào shì - traditionalist
- moralist
- champion (of a cause)

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
- - 47,441 94,745 70,301

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wèi- surname Wei
- vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
wèi- to guard
- to protect
- to defend
- abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene
- health
- abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)
shì- surname Shi
shì- member of the senior ministerial class (old)
- scholar (old)
- bachelor
- honorific
- soldier
- noncommissioned officer
- specialist worker

Other Words Containing 卫道士

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
卫道士 - - 47,441 94,745 70,301