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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 教授

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
教授 jiào shòu - professor
- to instruct
- to lecture on
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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
4 4 1,468 1,758 3,369

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
教 jiào- surname Jiao
教 jiāo- to teach
教 jiào- religion
- teaching
- to make
- to cause
- to tell
授 shòu- (bound form) to confer; to give
- (bound form) to teach; to instruct
- (literary) to appoint

Other Words Containing 教授

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
教授 4 4 1,468 1,758 3,369
客座教授 - - 42,501 44,585 67,454
副教授 - - 65,451 13,685 27,530