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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 名士
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 名士 | míng shì | - (old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 63,606 | 34,211 | 38,039 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 名 | míng | - name - noun (part of speech) - place (e.g. among winners) - famous - classifier for people |
| 士 | shì | - surname Shi |
| 士 | shì | - member of the senior ministerial class (old) - scholar (old) - bachelor - honorific - soldier - noncommissioned officer - specialist worker |
Other Words Containing 名士
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 名士 | - | - | 63,606 | 34,211 | 38,039 |