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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
wèi - surname Wei
wèi - to speak
- to say
- to name
- to designate
- meaning
- sense

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
- - 44,609 7,361 10,080

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Speech

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
所谓 5 7 1,917 1,319 1,267
无所谓 - 4 1,920 6,114 2,925
无谓 - - 14,521 17,095 8,528
可谓 - 8 17,713 4,310 7,986
称谓 - - 28,222 19,326 19,524
何谓 - - 32,259 25,738 17,298
谓语 - - 39,117 35,804 57,483
- - 44,609 7,361 10,080