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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
tāng - surname Tang
shāng - rushing current
tāng - soup
- hot or boiling water
- decoction of medicinal herbs
- water in which sth has been boiled

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
4 3 2,406 2,071 940

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing

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
汤姆 - - 1,826 27,118 25,060
4 3 2,406 2,071 940
泡汤 - - 10,941 24,550 12,362
赴汤蹈火 - - 15,657 54,494 42,069
汤普森 - - 15,817 44,547 59,025
鸡汤 - - 16,571 18,782 8,265
汤匙 - - 17,827 25,178 11,897
肉汤 - - 18,201 33,299 21,870
浓汤 - - 20,137 39,564 16,764
落汤鸡 - - 27,449 55,326 31,648
固若金汤 - - 29,116 58,765 58,415
金汤 - - 30,267 69,624 43,491
汤勺 - - 31,396 62,897 31,784
汤加 - - 32,366 33,357 40,272
面汤 - - 46,092 57,895 28,433
换汤不换药 - - 46,156 59,449 46,131
汤面 - - 46,497 52,414 24,595
汤碗 - - 50,780 - -
米汤 - - 52,344 41,905 20,377
汤剂 - - 55,950 56,091 77,816
清汤 - - 55,970 35,958 16,509
汤姆逊 - - 56,667 54,142 -
高汤 - - 57,358 38,721 17,393
汤力水 - - 58,413 - -
酸辣汤 - - 89,227 76,184 35,793
迷魂汤 - - 89,928 - 69,100
汤圆 - 9 92,624 13,235 5,367