Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 阴间

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阴间 yīn jiān - the nether world
- Hades
- (neologism) (slang) disturbing
- unsettling
- awful
- detestable

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
- - 16,818 43,385 37,053

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yīn- surname Yin
yīn- overcast (weather)
- cloudy
- shady
- Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
- negative (electric.)
- feminine
- moon
- implicit
- hidden
- genitalia
yīn- variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
jiān- between
- among
- within a definite time or space
- room
- section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars
- classifier for rooms
jiàn- gap
- to separate
- to thin out (seedlings)
- to sow discontent

Other Words Containing 阴间

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
阴间 - - 16,818 43,385 37,053