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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 祖辈

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
祖辈 zǔ bèi - ancestors
- forefathers
- ancestry

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
- - 29,726 41,687 42,379

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
祖 zǔ- surname Zu
祖 zǔ- ancestor
- forefather
- grandparents
辈 bèi- lifetime
- generation
- group of people
- class
- classifier for generations
- (literary) classifier for people

Other Words Containing 祖辈

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
祖辈 - - 29,726 41,687 42,379
祖祖辈辈 - - 59,258 45,502 56,914