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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
shàn- good (virtuous)
- benevolent
- well-disposed
- good at sth
- to improve or perfect
nán- (bound form) male
- baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
xìn- letter
- mail
- CL:封[feng1]
- to trust
- to believe
- to profess faith in
- truthful
- confidence
- trust
- at will
- at random
- female
- woman
- daughter
- old variant of 汝[ru3]

Other Words Containing 善男信女

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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