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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 陨石

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
陨石 yǔn shí - meteorite
- aerolite
- CL:塊|块[kuai4],顆|颗[ke1]

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 7,008 25,507 22,899

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǔn- (bound form) to fall from the sky
- (literary) to perish (variant of 殞|殒[yun3])
shí- surname Shi
- abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2jia1zhuang1], the capital of Hebei
dàn- dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters
- ancient pr. [shi2]
shí- rock
- stone
- stone inscription
- one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

Other Words Containing 陨石

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
陨石 - 8 7,008 25,507 22,899
陨石雨 - - 33,187 - -
陨石坑 - - 35,550 79,433 93,077