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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 曾祖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
曾祖 zēng zǔ - great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)

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
- - 46,247 73,351 58,875

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zēng- surname Zeng
céng- once
- already
- ever (in the past)
- former
- previously
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
zēng- great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- surname Zu
- ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents

Other Words Containing 曾祖

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
曾祖父 - - 12,320 55,525 64,612
曾祖母 - - 21,891 86,984 68,301
曾祖 - - 46,247 73,351 58,875