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Definition(s) for: 属相

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
属相 shǔ xiàng - colloquial term for 生肖[sheng1 xiao4] the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle

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
- - - 42,342 23,192

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǔ- category
- genus (taxonomy)
- family members
- dependents
- to belong to
- subordinate to
- affiliated with
- be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals)
- to be
- to prove to be
- to constitute
zhǔ- to join together
- to fix one's attention on
- to concentrate on
xiāng- surname Xiang
xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Other Words Containing 属相

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo