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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 象声词

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
象声词 xiàng shēng cí - onomatopoeia

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
- - 94,183 - 85,458

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiàng- elephant
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
- shape
- form
- appearance
- to imitate
shēng- sound
- voice
- tone
- noise
- reputation
- classifier for sounds
- old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
- word
- statement; speech; lyrics
- a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3])

Other Words Containing 象声词

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
象声词 - - 94,183 - 85,458