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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 家常便饭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
家常便饭 jiā cháng biàn fàn - simple home-style meal
- common occurrence
- nothing out of the ordinary

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
- - 15,879 26,771 21,571

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]
cháng- surname Chang
cháng- always
- ever
- often
- frequently
- common
- general
- constant
便 biàn- plain
- informal
- suitable
- convenient
- opportune
- to urinate or defecate
- equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then
- in that case
- even if
- soon afterwards
便 pián- used in 便宜[pian2yi5]
- used in 便便[pian2pian2]
- used in 便嬛[pian2xuan1]
fàn- cooked rice
- CL:碗[wan3]
- meal
- CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- (loanword) fan
- devotee

Other Words Containing 家常便饭

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
家常便饭 - - 15,879 26,771 21,571