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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 茅庐

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
茅庐 máo lú - thatched cottage

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
- - 84,314 100,039 81,679

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
茅 máo- surname Mao
茅 máo- reeds
- rushes
庐 lú- surname Lu
- Luzhou or Lu Prefecture 廬州|庐州[Lu2 Zhou1], a prefecture between the 6th and 13th centuries in present-day Anhui
- Mount Lu 廬山|庐山[Lu2 Shan1] in Jiangxi Province
庐 lú- hut

Other Words Containing 茅庐

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
初出茅庐 - - 33,478 46,506 46,273
茅庐 - - 84,314 100,039 81,679
三顾茅庐 - - 96,802 73,190 61,838