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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 水族

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
水族 shuǐ zú - Shui ethnic group of Guangxi
水族 shuǐ zú - collective term for aquatic animals

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
- - 39,775 39,135 58,284

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment
- race
- nationality
- ethnicity
- clan
- by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Other Words Containing 水族

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
水族馆 - - 16,136 42,904 25,949
水族 - - 39,775 39,135 58,284
水族箱 - - 41,912 76,411 50,417