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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笑林

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笑林 xiào lín - Jokes (title of an ancient collection of jokes, often used in the title of modern collections of jokes)

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
- - - 93,589 69,293

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
lín- surname Lin
- Japanese surname Hayashi
lín- (bound form) woods; forest
- (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people)
- (bound form) a collection (of similar things)

Other Words Containing 笑林

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