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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 父母

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
父母 fù mǔ - father and mother; parents

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
- 3 640 1,145 844

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- father
- mother
- elderly female relative
- origin
- source
- (of animals) female

Other Words Containing 父母

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
父母 - 3 640 1,145 844
祖父母 - - 12,457 50,508 57,680
父母亲 - - 17,275 27,113 27,850
衣食父母 - - 34,840 65,693 -