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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 往事

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
往事 wǎng shì - past events
- former happenings

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
6 7 6,670 7,453 3,917

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
往 wǎng- to go (in a direction)
- to
- towards
- (of a train) bound for
- past
- previous
往 wǎng- old variant of 往[wang3]
事 shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

Other Words Containing 往事

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
往事 6 7 6,670 7,453 3,917