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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 照相

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
照相 zhào xiàng - to take a photograph

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
- 2 5,919 12,095 7,258

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhào- according to
- in accordance with
- to shine
- to illuminate
- to reflect
- to look at (one's reflection)
- to take (a photo)
- photo
- as requested
- as before
zhào- variant of 照[zhao4]
- to shine
- to illuminate
xiāng- surname Xiang
xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)

Other Words Containing 照相

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
照相 - 2 5,919 12,095 7,258
照相机 3 - 6,522 14,399 17,443
照相馆 - - 23,895 41,151 33,980