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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沧桑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沧桑 cāng sāng - great changes
- ups and downs
- vicissitudes
- abbr. of 滄海桑田|沧海桑田[cang1 hai3 sang1 tian2]

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
- 9 31,228 11,526 6,243

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
沧 cāng- (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green
- (literary) cold
桑 sāng- surname Sang
桑 sāng- (bound form) mulberry tree
桑 sāng- old variant of 桑[sang1]

Other Words Containing 沧桑

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
沧桑 - 9 31,228 11,526 6,243
沧桑感 - - 60,120 - -
饱经沧桑 6 - 84,847 75,452 58,443