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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
niáng - mother
- young lady
- (coll.) effeminate
niáng - variant of 娘[niang2]

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
- 7 1,481 2,782 1,393

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing

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
姑娘 5 3 834 2,116 1,449
- 7 1,481 2,782 1,393
新娘 6 4 2,638 6,365 3,659
娘娘腔 - - 5,158 43,843 20,265
伴娘 - - 6,718 18,556 7,469
灰姑娘 - - 8,814 - -
婆娘 - - 10,204 30,713 17,484
娘娘 - - 10,605 13,219 10,153
老娘 - - 10,863 9,343 3,463
娘家 - - 15,835 14,327 10,219
老板娘 - - 16,959 14,461 8,508
娘子 - - 22,442 14,322 9,784
娘儿们 - - 26,278 82,796 52,419
奶娘 - - 26,978 69,920 47,362
娘胎 - - 28,048 60,968 35,943
丈母娘 - - 28,469 28,605 13,843
爹娘 - - 33,835 26,039 14,767
大娘 - - 33,890 22,944 17,420
红娘 - - 35,923 33,087 27,339
骂娘 - - 44,587 - -
老大娘 - - 70,655 42,265 59,245
纺织娘 - - 91,731 - -
干娘 - - 96,992 74,966 63,855