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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 小说

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
小说 xiǎo shuō - novel
- fiction
- CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]

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 2 2,478 2,770 2,267

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
小 xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
说 shuì- to persuade
说 shuō- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- (bound form) theory; doctrine
说 shuō- variant of 說|说[shuo1]

Other Words Containing 小说

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
小说 4 2 2,478 2,770 2,267
小说家 - - 12,196 31,561 32,899
短篇小说 - - 25,255 37,256 37,922
言情小说 - - 34,621 - -
长篇小说 - - 54,780 23,353 34,619
中篇小说 - - 61,845 53,968 59,136