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:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
míng - to cry (of birds, animals and insects)
- to make a sound
- to voice (one's gratitude, grievance etc)

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
- - 11,572 5,891 5,057

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The sound 口 a bird 鸟 makes

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
共鸣 6 8 10,339 11,995 8,418
- - 11,572 5,891 5,057
雷鸣 - - 12,233 22,652 44,019
自鸣得意 - - 20,431 62,610 35,536
鸣枪 - - 22,566 36,773 53,216
鸣笛 - - 24,162 41,461 35,527
一鸣惊人 - - 24,756 27,071 14,571
奏鸣曲 - - 29,438 49,516 33,686
轰鸣 - - 30,161 19,483 33,350
鸣叫 - - 31,151 39,720 45,303
蜂鸣器 - - 31,384 - -
耳鸣 - - 32,040 26,875 18,541
悲鸣 - - 36,830 58,279 40,561
鸣谢 - - 38,607 47,013 21,994
鸟鸣 - - 44,156 47,325 38,448
哀鸣 - - 49,598 52,441 40,564
孤掌难鸣 - - 55,722 79,843 82,870
鸣不平 - - 65,357 61,187 54,835
蝉鸣 - - 71,730 82,129 55,116
鸣禽 - - 81,864 - 119,851