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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 金丝燕
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 金丝燕 | jīn sī yàn | - Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 53,417 | - | 122,688 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 金 | jīn | - surname Jin - surname Kim (Korean) - Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| 金 | jīn | - gold - chemical element Au - generic term for lustrous and ductile metals - money - golden - highly respected - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 丝 | sī | - silk - thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips - classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc |
| 燕 | yān | - Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in present-day Hebei and Liaoning - north Hebei - the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436) - surname Yan |
| 燕 | yàn | - swallow (family Hirundinidae) - old variant of 宴[yan4] |
| 燕 | yàn | - variant of 燕[yan4] |
Other Words Containing 金丝燕
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 金丝燕 | - | - | 53,417 | - | 122,688 |