Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:
Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 舍己为人
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 舍己为人 | shě jǐ wèi rén | - to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects); to sacrifice one's own interest for other people - altruism |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 43,030 | 75,359 | 52,399 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 舍 | shè | - surname She |
| 舍 | shě | - old variant of 捨|舍[she3] |
| 舍 | shè | - (bound form) residence; house - (bound form) my (in speaking of relatives younger than oneself) - (archaic) unit of distance equal to 30 li 里[li3] |
| 舍 | shě | - to give up; to abandon - to give alms |
| 己 | jǐ | - self - oneself - sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] - sixth in order - letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc - hexa |
| 为 | wéi | - as (in the capacity of) - to take sth as - to act as - to serve as - to behave as - to become - to be - to do - by (in the passive voice) |
| 为 | wèi | - because of - for - to |
| 为 | wéi | - variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 为 | wèi | - variant of 為|为[wei4] |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
Other Words Containing 舍己为人
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 舍己为人 | - | - | 43,030 | 75,359 | 52,399 |