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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 失传

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
失传 shī chuán - (of skills etc) to die out
- lost
- extinct

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
- 9 24,778 28,886 24,995

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
失 shī- to lose
- to miss
- to fail
传 chuán- to pass on
- to spread
- to transmit
- to infect
- to transfer
- to circulate
- to conduct (electricity)
传 zhuàn- biography
- historical narrative
- commentaries
- relay station

Other Words Containing 失传

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
失传 - 9 24,778 28,886 24,995