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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 名词

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
名词 míng cí - (linguistics) noun
- term (name for a concept)

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
- - 12,267 10,929 13,175

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
名 míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
词 cí- old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
词 cí- word
- statement; speech; lyrics
- a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])

Other Words Containing 名词

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
名词 - - 12,267 10,929 13,175
代名词 - - 22,160 18,753 17,703