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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 黑帮

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
黑帮 hēi bāng - bunch of gangsters
- criminal gang
- organized crime syndicate

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
- - 3,179 16,789 16,787

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hēi- abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
hēi- black
- dark
- sinister
- secret
- shady
- illegal
- to hide (sth) away
- to vilify
- (loanword) to hack (computing)
bāng- old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]
bāng- old variant of 幫|帮[bang1]
bāng- to help
- to assist
- to support
- for sb (i.e. as a help)
- hired (as worker)
- side (of pail, boat etc)
- outer layer
- upper (of a shoe)
- group
- gang
- clique
- party
- secret society

Other Words Containing 黑帮

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
黑帮 - - 3,179 16,789 16,787