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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苦行僧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苦行僧 kǔ xíng sēng - ascetic monk

List Ranking for: 苦行僧

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 43,234 65,469 48,173

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
行 háng- (bound form) row; line
- (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
- (bound form) commercial firm
- (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- classifier for rows or lines
行 héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
行 xíng- (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
- (literary) trip; journey; visit
- (bound form) temporary; makeshift
- (bound form) current; in circulation
- (bound form) to do; to perform
- capable; competent
- all right; OK!; will do
- behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4])
- (literary) about to; soon
僧 sēng- (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽[seng1 qie2])

Other Words Containing 苦行僧

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
苦行僧 - - 43,234 65,469 48,173