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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shì - (of flowing water or time) to pass by
- to pass away; to die

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
- - 9,839 8,171 4,153

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Walk

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
流逝 - - 8,418 12,649 6,099
逝去 - - 9,113 - -
消逝 - - 9,520 20,470 10,794
- - 9,839 8,171 4,153
飞逝 - - 13,763 35,755 16,485
逝世 6 9 18,179 9,861 10,201
转瞬即逝 - - 19,786 36,372 17,959
英年早逝 - - 24,575 48,027 32,877
稍纵即逝 - - 29,287 37,349 22,478
早逝 - - 37,850 48,261 39,077
病逝 - - 94,245 23,005 27,747