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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 堂兄

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
堂兄 táng xiōng - older male patrilineal cousin

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
- - 9,717 43,987 65,580

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
堂 táng- (main) hall
- large room for a specific purpose
- CL:間|间[jian1]
- relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
- of the same clan
- classifier for classes, lectures etc
- classifier for sets of furniture
兄 xiōng- elder brother

Other Words Containing 堂兄

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
堂兄 - - 9,717 43,987 65,580
堂兄弟 - - 22,669 - -