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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 直隶

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
直隶 zhí lì - Zhili, a province from Ming times until 1928, roughly corresponding to present-day Hebei

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
- - - 40,246 78,135

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhí- surname Zhi
- Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2nong2] Farmer God
zhí- straight
- to straighten
- fair and reasonable
- frank
- straightforward
- (indicates continuing motion or action)
- vertical
- vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters
- variant of 隸|隶[li4]
- (bound form) a person in servitude; low-ranking subordinate
- (bound form) to be subordinate to
- (bound form) clerical script (the style of characters intermediate between ancient seal and modern regular characters)

Other Words Containing 直隶

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