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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
méi - mold
- mildew
- to become moldy
méi - variant of 霉[mei2]

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
- - 7,812 6,571 5,416

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Rain

Other Words Containing

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
倒霉 5 7 2,885 7,628 3,754
- - 7,812 6,571 5,416
霉菌 - - 14,429 21,071 33,262
发霉 - - 15,942 21,362 10,100
青霉素 - - 20,417 16,363 49,215
红霉素 - - 40,781 28,162 37,408
氯霉素 - - 92,856 32,225 70,816
黄曲霉菌 - - 93,893 - 92,654