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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 望族

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
望族 wàng zú - distinguished or prominent family
- influential clan (old)

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
- - 34,909 63,959 51,125

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wàng- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
wàng- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望[wang4]
- race
- nationality
- ethnicity
- clan
- by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Other Words Containing 望族

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
望族 - - 34,909 63,959 51,125