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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 无为

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
无为 wú wéi - Wuwei, a county-level city in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖[Wu2hu2], Anhui
无为 wú wéi - the Daoist doctrine of inaction
- let things take their own course
- laissez-faire

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
- - - 22,697 16,590

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
wéi- as (in the capacity of)
- to take sth as
- to act as
- to serve as
- to behave as
- to become
- to be
- to do
- by (in the passive voice)
wèi- because of
- for
- to
wéi- variant of 為|为[wei2]
wèi- variant of 為|为[wei4]

Other Words Containing 无为

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
碌碌无为 - - 31,740 49,487 29,725