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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 词语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
词语 cí yǔ - word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases)
- term (e.g. technical term)
- expression

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 2 9,648 11,123 12,377

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
词 cí- old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
词 cí- word
- statement; speech; lyrics
- a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
语 yǔ- dialect
- language
- speech
语 yù- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 词语

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
词语 3 2 9,648 11,123 12,377