Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 消防

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
消防 xiāo fáng - firefighting
- fire control

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 5 3,403 3,966 7,412

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
消 xiāo- to diminish; to subside
- to consume; to reduce
- to idle away (the time)
- (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
防 fáng- to protect
- to defend
- to guard against
- to prevent

Other Words Containing 消防

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
消防 6 5 3,403 3,966 7,412
消防队 - - 10,246 29,150 33,754
消防车 - - 16,666 15,414 17,175
消防栓 - - 23,824 45,067 53,083