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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 基因

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
基因 jī yīn - gene (loanword)

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
6 7 3,276 2,693 7,338

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (bound form) base; foundation
- (bound form) radical (chemistry)
- (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)
yīn- cause
- reason
- because
yīn- old variant of 因[yin1]

Other Words Containing 基因

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
基因 6 7 3,276 2,693 7,338
基因组 - - 30,225 16,953 57,706
转基因 - - 43,268 12,061 12,576