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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 少数民族

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
少数民族 shǎo shù mín zú - ethnic minority

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
- - 20,372 5,075 18,335

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǎo- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
shào- young
shǔ- to count
- to count as; to regard as
- to enumerate; to list
shù- number; figure
- several; a few
shuò- (literary) frequently; repeatedly
mín- surname Min
mín- (bound form) the people
- inhabitants of a country
- race
- nationality
- ethnicity
- clan
- by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Other Words Containing 少数民族

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
少数民族 - - 20,372 5,075 18,335