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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 名人

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
名人 míng rén - personage
- celebrity

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
- 4 2,344 5,417 4,916

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

Other Words Containing 名人

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
名人 - 4 2,344 5,417 4,916
知名人士 - - 42,646 22,188 48,582