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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 天南海北

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天南海北 tiān nán - hǎi běi - see 天南地北[tian1nan2-di4bei3]

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
- - - 57,238 45,729

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
nán- surname Nan
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- Taiwan pr. [na2]
nán- south
hǎi- surname Hai
hǎi- ocean
- sea
- CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4]
- great number of people or things
- (dialect) numerous
běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated

Other Words Containing 天南海北

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