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:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xīn - (literary) firewood; fuel
- (bound form) salary

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
- - 8,955 5,192 6,087

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Freshly-cut 新 wood 艹; 新 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

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
薪水 6 6 3,254 11,864 10,817
- - 8,955 5,192 6,087
加薪 - - 12,575 19,631 10,558
高薪 - - 19,578 16,459 16,650
年薪 - 9 20,619 10,817 11,229
薪金 - - 24,285 20,821 33,471
周薪 - - 28,585 - -
薪资 - - 28,921 - -
杯水车薪 - - 39,476 36,844 47,331
工薪阶层 - - 41,491 26,076 39,556
卧薪尝胆 - - 42,818 39,958 29,151
月薪 - - 46,345 9,913 4,792
底薪 - - 46,747 42,597 29,874
停薪留职 - - 49,121 65,051 89,791
薪俸 - - 50,464 73,015 65,694
工薪族 - - 63,148 57,296 48,171
薪饷 - - 89,374 - -