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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 在位

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
在位 zài wèi - to be on the throne; to reign
- to hold a particular leadership position

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
- - 65,088 27,409 33,569

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zài- to exist; to be alive
- (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
- (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
wèi- position
- location
- place
- seat
- classifier for people (honorific)
- classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
- (physics) potential

Other Words Containing 在位

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
在位 - - 65,088 27,409 33,569