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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 龙舌兰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
龙舌兰 lóng shé lán - agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana
- agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)

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
- - - 60,025 32,411

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lóng- surname Long
lóng- Chinese dragon; loong
- (fig.) emperor
- dragon
- (bound form) dinosaur
- used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
shé- tongue
lán- surname Lan
- abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2zhou1], Gansu
lán- orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
- fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
- lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

Other Words Containing 龙舌兰

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