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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 酵母

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
酵母 jiào mǔ - yeast; saccharomycete (abbr. for 酵母菌[jiao4mu3jun1])

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
- - 25,208 24,482 23,155

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
酵 jiào- yeast; leaven
- fermentation
- Taiwan pr. [xiao4]
母 mǔ- mother
- elderly female relative
- origin
- source
- (of animals) female

Other Words Containing 酵母

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
酵母 - - 25,208 24,482 23,155
酵母菌 - - 43,244 53,559 71,218