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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 老鼠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
老鼠 lǎo shǔ - rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

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
5 - 2,041 5,996 3,718

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- outdated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
shǔ- (bound form) rat; mouse

Other Words Containing 老鼠

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
老鼠 5 - 2,041 5,996 3,718
米老鼠 - - 22,302 34,465 19,311
过街老鼠 - - 41,786 58,384 50,261