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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 美元

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
美元 měi yuán - American dollar; US dollar

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
- 3 684 350 1,923

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
měi- (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])
- (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
měi- beautiful
- very satisfactory; good
- to beautify
- to be pleased with oneself
yuán- surname Yuan
- Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
yuán- currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
- (bound form) first; original; primary
- (bound form) basic; fundamental
- (bound form) constituent; part
- (prefix) meta-
- (math.) argument; variable
- era (of a reign)
- (Tw) (geology) eon

Other Words Containing 美元

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
美元 - 3 684 350 1,923