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:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shī - (bound form) lion

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
- - 8,416 6,860 7,220

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Animal

Other Words Containing

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
狮子 4 7 4,512 4,075 1,429
- - 8,416 6,860 7,220
狮子狗 - - 15,404 97,150 67,285
美洲狮 - - 16,216 - -
海狮 - - 19,661 36,615 36,099
雄狮 - - 22,317 34,029 33,381
狮子座 - - 27,382 3,991 1,107
狮身人面像 - - 47,802 - -
狮子头 - - 54,624 48,852 24,361
狮子山 - - 62,534 78,296 73,921
舞狮 - - 73,605 37,775 33,911