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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
lèi - (bound form) tears; teardrops

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 8,402 3,049 1,173

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Water 氵 from the eyes 目

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
眼泪 - 4 3,928 2,973 1,163
流泪 4 7 8,143 6,357 2,637
- 4 8,402 3,049 1,173
泪水 - 4 9,092 6,540 4,127
落泪 - - 17,678 14,335 7,012
催泪弹 - - 24,286 43,371 25,784
泪眼 - - 25,200 29,972 16,885
泪流满面 - - 28,303 12,135 5,365
热泪盈眶 6 - 29,047 21,896 12,610
以泪洗面 - - 30,606 52,576 43,467
血泪 - - 35,481 29,759 18,695
掉泪 - - 35,592 37,166 18,761
含泪 - - 36,330 20,392 11,518
泪腺 - - 37,547 42,157 20,411
挥泪 - - 38,596 48,691 29,097
泪汪汪 - - 39,146 84,717 49,246
泪光 - - 39,195 - -
泪珠 - - 43,544 30,066 27,662
泪人 - - 43,571 58,981 38,370
泪花 - - 43,746 30,545 23,906
潸然泪下 - - 46,633 38,291 21,922
热泪 - - 47,183 23,430 18,722
泪痕 - - 50,461 32,103 21,000
泪如雨下 - - 60,785 48,359 30,669
声泪俱下 - - 62,680 51,326 41,354
血泪史 - - 76,992 - -