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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 光宗耀祖
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 光宗耀祖 | guāng zōng yào zǔ | - to bring honor to one's ancestors |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 57,974 | 74,056 | 60,379 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 光 | guāng | - light; ray (CL:道[dao4]) - bright; shiny - only; merely - used up; finished - to leave (a part of the body) uncovered |
| 宗 | zōng | - surname Zong |
| 宗 | zōng | - school - sect - purpose - model - ancestor - clan - to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) - classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs |
| 耀 | yào | - brilliant - glorious |
| 祖 | zǔ | - surname Zu |
| 祖 | zǔ | - ancestor - forefather - grandparents |
Other Words Containing 光宗耀祖
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 光宗耀祖 | - | - | 57,974 | 74,056 | 60,379 |