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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 耄耋之年
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 耄耋之年 | mào dié zhī nián | - old age (in one's 80s, 90s, or more) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 81,612 | 83,102 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 耄 | mào | - extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s) - octogenarian - nonagenarian |
| 耋 | dié | - aged - in one's eighties |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 年 | nián | - surname Nian |
| 年 | nián | - year - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 年 | nián | - grain - harvest (old) - variant of 年[nian2] |
Other Words Containing 耄耋之年
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 |
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