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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 先人后己

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 58,243 96,751 83,919

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiān- beforehand; first; earlier
- at first; originally
- for the time being; for now
- (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
hòu- surname Hou
hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
- self
- oneself
- sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- sixth in order
- letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- hexa

Other Words Containing 先人后己

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