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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 西部

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
西部 xī bù - western part

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
- 3 4,060 2,355 8,633

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
西 xī- the West
- abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]
- Spanish
西 xī- west
部 bù- ministry
- department
- section
- part
- division
- troops
- board
- classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc

Other Words Containing 西部

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
西部 - 3 4,060 2,355 8,633
中西部 - - 13,700 10,846 33,556
西部片 - - 24,096 83,794 68,274