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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 寄生

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
寄生 jì shēng - to live in or on another organism as a parasite
- to live by taking advantage of others
- parasitism
- parasitic

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
- - 16,036 21,793 31,404

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to entrust; to place in sb's care
- (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily
- (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4nu:3] foster daughter)
- to send by post; to mail
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student

Other Words Containing 寄生

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
寄生虫 - - 8,225 17,213 19,369
寄生 - - 16,036 21,793 31,404
槲寄生 - - 22,019 - 72,444
寄生物 - - 44,053 - -