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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 大夫
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 大夫 | dà fū | - senior official (in imperial China) |
| 大夫 | dài fu | - doctor; physician |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 3,299 | 9,202 | 9,087 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 夫 | fū | - husband - man - manual worker - conscripted laborer (old) |
| 夫 | fú | - (classical) this, that - he, she, they - (exclamatory final particle) - (initial particle, introduces an opinion) |
Other Words Containing 大夫
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 大夫 | 4 | 3 | 3,299 | 9,202 | 9,087 |