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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 北斗七星

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
北斗七星 běi dǒu qī xīng - (astronomy) Big Dipper

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
- - - 69,311 47,259

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
běi- north
- (classical) to be defeated
dǒu- abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]
dǒu- dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4]
- decaliter
- peck
- cup or dipper shaped object
- old variant of 陡[dou3]
dòu- to fight
- to struggle
- to condemn
- to censure
- to contend
- to put together
- coming together
dòu- variant of 鬭|斗[dou4]
dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
dòu- variant of 鬥|斗[dou4]
- seven
- 7
xīng- star
- heavenly body
- satellite
- small amount

Other Words Containing 北斗七星

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