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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 赵紫阳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
赵紫阳 zhào zǐ yáng - Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

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
- - - 23,960 66,953

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhào- surname Zhao
- one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476-220 BC)
- the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms
zhào- to surpass (old)
- purple
- violet
yáng- positive (electric.)
- sun
- male principle (Taoism)
- Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]

Other Words Containing 赵紫阳

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