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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xià - abbr. for Xiamen or Amoy 廈門|厦门[Xia4 men2], Fujian
shà - (bound form) tall building; mansion
- (bound form) rear annex; lean-to
- Taiwan pr. [xia4]

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
- - 55,938 5,339 11,441

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Building

Other Words Containing

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
大厦 6 7 4,863 5,478 7,049
高楼大厦 - - 31,541 32,208 31,688
摩天大厦 - - 37,251 91,597 83,543
厦门 - - 52,370 1,788 3,112
- - 55,938 5,339 11,441
大厦将倾 - - 76,828 - 78,605