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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 状元

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
状元 zhuàng yuán - top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system)
- see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1]
- top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3]
- (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field
- leading light

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
- 9 35,653 11,410 16,098

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhuàng- (bound form) form; appearance; shape
- (bound form) state; condition
- (bound form) to describe
- (bound form) written complaint; lawsuit
- (bound form) certificate
yuán- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
yuán- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon

Other Words Containing 状元

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
状元 - 9 35,653 11,410 16,098