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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 王侯将相
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 95,167 | 64,958 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 王 | wáng | - surname Wang |
| 王 | wáng | - king or monarch - best or strongest of its type - grand - great |
| 王 | wàng | - (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom) |
| 侯 | hóu | - surname Hou |
| 侯 | hóu | - marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] - nobleman; high official |
| 侯 | hòu | - used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian) |
| 将 | jiāng | - will - shall - to use - to take - to checkmate - just a short while ago - (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3]) |
| 将 | jiàng | - (bound form) a general - (literary) to command; to lead - (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) |
| 将 | qiāng | - to desire - to invite - to request |
| 相 | xiāng | - surname Xiang |
| 相 | xiāng | - each other - one another - mutually - fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3]) |
| 相 | xiàng | - appearance - portrait - picture - government minister - (physics) phase - (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) - to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) |
Other Words Containing 王侯将相
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 |
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