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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 蚕丝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
蚕丝 cán sī - natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

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
- - 56,441 30,319 16,045

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
蚕 cán- silkworm
丝 sī- silk
- thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips
- classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc

Other Words Containing 蚕丝

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
蚕丝 - - 56,441 30,319 16,045