Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
lián - to pity

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
- - 15,337 13,241 9,866

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Heart

Other Words Containing

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
可怜 4 5 903 2,983 1,089
怜悯 - - 5,795 19,906 11,406
可怜虫 - - 8,491 71,974 46,645
- - 15,337 13,241 9,866
同病相怜 - - 24,901 48,625 31,338
乞怜 - - 30,557 104,567 95,591
可怜巴巴 - - 36,881 45,558 26,030
怜惜 - 9 37,077 29,527 23,633
怜爱 - - 42,939 34,557 25,154
爱怜 - - 51,670 43,567 41,795
怜恤 - - 62,180 - 77,539
哀怜 - - 73,251 102,167 81,825