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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 老佛爷

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
老佛爷 lǎo fó yé - title of respect for the queen mother or the emperor's father
- nickname for Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4]

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
- - 64,880 37,227 20,589

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
- Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2tuo2])
- seemingly
- (female) head ornament
- variant of 彿|佛[fu2]
- grandpa
- old gentleman

Other Words Containing 老佛爷

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
老佛爷 - - 64,880 37,227 20,589