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Definition(s) for: 百家姓

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
百家姓 bǎi jiā xìng - The Book of Family Names, anonymous Song dynasty reading primer listing 438 surnames

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
- - 82,267 61,780 47,816

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bǎi- surname Bai
bǎi- hundred
- numerous
- all kinds of
jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]
xìng- family name; surname
- to be surnamed ...

Other Words Containing 百家姓

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
百家姓 - - 82,267 61,780 47,816