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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 反串

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
反串 fǎn chuàn - (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty
- (modern) to play a transvestite role
- to masquerade as an opponent

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
- - 38,501 42,727 26,911

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fǎn- contrary
- in reverse
- inside out or upside down
- to reverse
- to return
- to oppose
- opposite
- against
- anti-
- to rebel
- to use analogy
- instead
- abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
chuàn- to string together
- to skewer
- to connect wrongly
- to gang up
- to rove
- string
- bunch
- skewer
- classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
- to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
- to move across

Other Words Containing 反串

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
反串 - - 38,501 42,727 26,911