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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 石灰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
石灰 shí huī - lime (calcium oxide)

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
- - 24,154 19,759 34,763

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shí- surname Shi
- abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
dàn- dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters
- ancient pr. [shi2]
shí- rock
- stone
- stone inscription
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
huī- ash
- dust
- lime
- gray
- discouraged; dejected

Other Words Containing 石灰

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
石灰 - - 24,154 19,759 34,763
石灰石 - - 32,548 41,117 91,118
石灰岩 - - 57,260 49,156 75,610
生石灰 - - 66,779 56,920 76,014