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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 外祖父

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
外祖父 wài zǔ fù - maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

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
- - 21,198 52,875 62,940

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
- surname Zu
- ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents
- father

Other Words Containing 外祖父

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
外祖父 - - 21,198 52,875 62,940