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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 紫禁城

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
紫禁城 zǐ jìn chéng - the Forbidden City
- the Imperial Palace in Beijing
- same as 故宮|故宫[Gu4 gong1]

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
- - 44,946 31,290 33,175

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- purple
- violet
jīn- to endure
jìn- to prohibit
- to forbid
chéng- city walls
- city
- town
- CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 紫禁城

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
紫禁城 - - 44,946 31,290 33,175