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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 观世音

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
观世音 guān shì yīn - Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)

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
- - 37,731 67,781 36,382

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
观 guàn- surname Guan
观 guān- to look at
- to watch
- to observe
- to behold
- to advise
- concept
- point of view
- outlook
观 guàn- Taoist monastery
- palace gate watchtower
- platform
世 shì- surname Shi
世 shì- life
- age
- generation
- era
- world
- lifetime
- epoch
- descendant
- noble
音 yīn- sound
- noise
- note (of musical scale)
- tone
- news
- syllable
- reading (phonetic value of a character)

Other Words Containing 观世音

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
观世音 - - 37,731 67,781 36,382