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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 流星

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
流星 liú xīng - meteor; shooting star
- meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])

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
- - 10,981 8,935 3,998

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
流 liú- to flow
- to disseminate
- to circulate or spread
- to move or drift
- to degenerate
- to banish or send into exile
- stream of water or sth resembling one
- class, rate or grade
星 xīng- star
- heavenly body
- satellite
- small amount

Other Words Containing 流星

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
流星 - - 10,981 8,935 3,998
流星雨 - - 16,579 10,800 3,926
流星锤 - - 42,318 - -
大步流星 - - 68,302 63,524 50,850