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Definition(s) for: 三皇五帝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
三皇五帝 sān huáng wǔ dì - three sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2] and five emperors 五帝[wu3 di4] of myth and legend
- the earliest system of Chinese historiography

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
- - - 91,298 64,981

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
sān- surname San
sān- three
- 3
huáng- surname Huang
huáng- emperor
- old variant of 惶[huang2]
- five
- 5
- emperor

Other Words Containing 三皇五帝

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