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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 选美

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
选美 xuǎn měi - beauty contest

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
- - 7,563 21,019 24,444

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
选 xuǎn- to choose
- to pick
- to select
- to elect
美 měi- (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])
- (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])
美 měi- beautiful
- very satisfactory; good
- to beautify
- to be pleased with oneself

Other Words Containing 选美

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
选美 - - 7,563 21,019 24,444