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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 狮子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
狮子 shī zǐ - Leo (star sign)
- Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Ping2 dong1 Xian4], Taiwan
狮子 shī zi - lion
- CL:隻|只[zhi1],頭|头[tou2]

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
4 7 4,512 4,075 1,429

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shī- (bound form) lion
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 狮子

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
狮子狗 - - 15,404 97,150 67,285
狮子座 - - 27,382 3,991 1,107
狮子头 - - 54,624 48,852 24,361
狮子山 - - 62,534 78,296 73,921