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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 闻名于世

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
闻名于世 wén míng yú shì - world-famous

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
- - 30,212 37,404 42,791

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
wén- surname Wen
wén- to hear
- news
- well-known
- famous
- reputation
- fame
- to smell
- to sniff at
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
- surname Yu
- to go
- to take
- sentence-final interrogative particle
- variant of 於|于[yu2]
- (of time or place) in; at; on
- (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
- (indicating a source) from; out of
- (used in comparison) than
- (used in the passive voice) by
shì- surname Shi
shì- life
- age
- generation
- era
- world
- lifetime
- epoch
- descendant
- noble

Other Words Containing 闻名于世

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
闻名于世 - - 30,212 37,404 42,791