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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 银河

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
银河 yín hé - Milky Way

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
- - 8,948 9,903 9,712

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
银 yín- silver
- silver-colored
- relating to money or currency
河 hé- river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])
- (bound form) the Yellow River
- (bound form) the Milky Way
- (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2fen3]

Other Words Containing 银河

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
银河 - - 8,948 9,903 9,712
银河系 - - 11,715 34,028 27,420