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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 善男信女
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 善男信女 | shàn nán xìn nǚ | - lay practitioners of Buddhism |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 60,865 | 70,003 | 47,295 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 善 | shàn | - good (virtuous) - benevolent - well-disposed - good at sth - to improve or perfect |
| 男 | nán | - (bound form) male - baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] |
| 信 | xìn | - letter - CL:封[feng1] - to trust - to believe - to profess faith in - truthful - confidence - trust - at will - at random |
| 女 | nǚ | - female - woman - daughter |
| 女 | rǔ | - old variant of 汝[ru3] |
Other Words Containing 善男信女
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 善男信女 | - | - | 60,865 | 70,003 | 47,295 |