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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 外公
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 外公 | wài gōng | - (coll.) mother's father - maternal grandfather |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 7 | 7,694 | 12,705 | 6,411 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 外 | wài | - outside - in addition - foreign - external |
| 公 | gōng | - public - collectively owned - common - international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) - make public - fair - just - Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] - honorable (gentlemen) - father-in-law - male (animal) |
Other Words Containing 外公
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 外公 | - | 7 | 7,694 | 12,705 | 6,411 |