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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大腕

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大腕 dà wàn - (coll.) big shot; big name; bigwig; heavyweight

List Ranking for: 大腕

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,739 17,356 18,467

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]
腕 wàn- wrist
- (squid, starfish etc) arm

Other Words Containing 大腕

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大腕 - - 17,739 17,356 18,467