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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 绿帽子
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 绿帽子 | lǜ mào zi | - green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 21,507 | 56,218 | 30,290 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 绿 | lǜ | - green - (slang) (derived from 綠帽子|绿帽子[lu:4 mao4 zi5]) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) |
| 帽 | mào | - hat - cap |
| 帽 | mào | - old variant of 帽[mao4] |
| 子 | zǐ | - son - child - seed - egg - small thing - 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat - viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] - ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) - subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 | zi | - (noun suffix) |
Other Words Containing 绿帽子
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 绿帽子 | - | - | 21,507 | 56,218 | 30,290 |