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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 曹雪芹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
曹雪芹 cáo xuě qín - Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]

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
- - - 30,789 44,589

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cáo- surname Cao
- Zhou Dynasty vassal state
cáo- class or grade
- generation
- plaintiff and defendant (old)
- government department (old)
xuě- surname Xue
xuě- snow
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
qín- Chinese celery

Other Words Containing 曹雪芹

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