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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 名言

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
名言 míng yán - saying
- famous remark

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
- 8 11,736 14,883 9,876

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
名 míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
言 yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk

Other Words Containing 名言

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
名言 - 8 11,736 14,883 9,876
至理名言 - - 30,942 49,498 28,586