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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 曾经沧海
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 曾经沧海 | céng jīng cāng hǎi | - lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom) - fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 53,438 | 48,688 | 21,544 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 曾 | zēng | - surname Zeng |
| 曾 | céng | - once - already - ever (in the past) - former - previously - (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 曾 | zēng | - great- (grandfather, grandchild etc) |
| 经 | jīng | - surname Jing |
| 经 | jīng | - classics - sacred book - scripture - to pass through - to undergo - to bear - to endure - warp (textile) - longitude - menstruation - channel (TCM) - abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] |
| 沧 | cāng | - (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green - (literary) cold |
| 海 | hǎi | - surname Hai |
| 海 | hǎi | - ocean - sea - CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] - great number of people or things - (dialect) numerous |
Other Words Containing 曾经沧海
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 曾经沧海 | - | - | 53,438 | 48,688 | 21,544 |