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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 洞穴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
洞穴 dòng xué - cave
- cavern

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
6 - 6,385 18,196 24,156

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
洞 dòng- cave
- hole
- zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
洞 tóng- used in 洪洞[Hong2tong2], a county in Shanxi
穴 xué- cave
- cavity
- hole
- acupuncture point
- Taiwan pr. [xue4]

Other Words Containing 洞穴

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
洞穴 6 - 6,385 18,196 24,156