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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xiàn - to limit
- to restrict
- (bound form) limit
- bound

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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
- 7 8,604 2,522 1,794

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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
限制 4 4 3,295 1,665 4,246
极限 6 7 5,763 6,923 5,714
无限 - 4 5,815 3,222 2,184
有限 - 4 5,941 2,372 2,871
权限 - - 6,985 9,783 17,253
界限 6 7 7,376 8,998 14,710
期限 6 4 7,570 3,783 10,216
- 7 8,604 2,522 1,794
限度 - 8 10,460 12,471 13,991
限于 - 8 10,858 8,044 17,669
局限 6 8 14,249 8,237 14,390
有限公司 - - 16,551 1,428 5,434
时限 - - 17,545 15,331 28,920
无限期 - - 18,731 29,550 36,617
限速 - - 19,300 - -
上限 - 9 19,407 9,915 15,421
限定 - 9 21,818 11,030 11,587
宽限 - - 23,305 67,708 64,061
限额 - - 24,358 11,434 32,706
象限 - - 25,480 42,117 56,588
限期 - - 28,035 10,470 26,900
年限 - 9 36,437 10,561 27,955
底限 - - 37,484 53,773 37,120
受限 - - 38,486 - -
局限性 - - 39,126 14,255 35,838
下限 - - 65,642 14,170 8,089