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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 放大

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
放大 fàng dà - to enlarge
- to magnify

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 5 5,326 5,656 5,479

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fàng- to put
- to place
- to release
- to free
- to let go
- to let out
- to set off (fireworks)
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Other Words Containing 放大

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
放大 6 5 5,326 5,656 5,479
放大镜 - - 20,378 32,620 21,575
放大器 - - 36,766 23,965 35,965