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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大学

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大学 dà xué - the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism
大学 dà xué - university
- college
- CL:所[suo3]

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
- 1 712 919 1,043

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]
学 xué- to learn
- to study
- to imitate
- science
- -ology

Other Words Containing 大学

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
大学 - 1 712 919 1,043
大学生 - 1 6,617 2,227 3,855