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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苏州

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苏州 sū zhōu - see 蘇州市|苏州市[Su1zhou1 Shi4]

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
- - 60,566 5,532 4,743

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- used in 嚕囌|噜苏[lu1su1]
- variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
- to revive
- surname Su
- abbr. for Soviet Union 蘇維埃|苏维埃[Su1wei2ai1] or 蘇聯|苏联[Su1lian2]
- abbr. for Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏[Jiang1su1]
- abbr. for Suzhou 蘇州|苏州[Su1zhou1]
- Perilla frutescens (Chinese basil or wild red basil)
- place name
- to revive
- used as phonetic in transliteration
- old variant of 蘇|苏[su1]
zhōu- prefecture
- (old) province
- (old) administrative division
- state (e.g. of US)
- oblast (Russia)
- canton (Switzerland)

Other Words Containing 苏州

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
苏州 - - 60,566 5,532 4,743