Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 母语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
母语 mǔ yǔ - native language
- mother tongue
- (linguistics) parent language

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
6 - 21,404 24,027 23,576

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
母 mǔ- mother
- elderly female relative
- origin
- source
- (of animals) female
语 yǔ- dialect
- language
- speech
语 yù- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 母语

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
母语 6 - 21,404 24,027 23,576