Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- (bound form) grandmother
- (bound form) matron
- (bound form) mother-in-law
- (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

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
- - 4,773 6,855 3,177

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
老婆 - 4 934 2,197 793
外婆 - 7 4,122 7,816 3,507
- - 4,773 6,855 3,177
巫婆 - 8 6,662 31,634 18,065
婆婆 - - 8,247 6,242 4,369
老太婆 - - 8,728 21,100 13,342
婆娘 - - 10,204 30,713 17,484
婆婆妈妈 - - 17,785 49,946 33,907
婆家 - - 34,629 26,349 15,361
姑婆 - - 35,454 44,516 29,700
姨婆 - - 35,618 84,044 40,781
小老婆 - - 39,168 51,859 32,129
阿婆 - - 41,051 18,512 10,968
管家婆 - - 41,284 75,371 44,154
公婆 6 - 41,360 25,279 14,307
婆罗洲 - - 44,533 84,206 66,841
媒婆 - - 50,694 50,549 31,472
苦口婆心 - - 50,822 38,090 33,886
婆娑 - - 55,851 38,697 24,476
太婆 - - 58,928 40,560 38,616
大老婆 - - 76,499 70,487 35,990
婆媳 - - 87,255 29,517 20,561