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Definition(s) for: 三姑六婆

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó - women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)

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
- - - 77,579 35,724

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
sān- surname San
sān- three
- 3
- paternal aunt
- husband's sister
- husband's mother (old)
- nun
- for the time being (literary)
liù- six
- 6
- (bound form) grandmother
- (bound form) matron
- (bound form) mother-in-law
- (slang) femme (in a lesbian relationship)

Other Words Containing 三姑六婆

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo