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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沙丁鱼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沙丁鱼 shā dīng yú - sardine (loanword)

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
- - 19,954 44,580 22,097

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shā- surname Sha
shā- granule
- hoarse
- raspy
- sand
- powder
- CL:粒[li4]
- abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
shà- (dialect) to sift; to sieve
dīng- surname Ding
dīng- male adult
- the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1]
- fourth (used like "4" or "D")
- small cube of meat or vegetable
- (literary) to encounter
- (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°
- (chemistry) butyl
zhēng- used in 丁丁[zheng1zheng1]
- surname Yu
- fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
- used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2])

Other Words Containing 沙丁鱼

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
沙丁鱼 - - 19,954 44,580 22,097