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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 猪八戒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
猪八戒 zhū bā jiè - Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake
- Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation

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
- - - 28,502 16,398

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
猪 zhū- hog
- pig
- swine
- CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2]
八 bā- eight
戒 jiè- to guard against
- to exhort
- to admonish or warn
- to give up or stop doing sth
- Buddhist monastic discipline
- ring (for a finger)

Other Words Containing 猪八戒

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo