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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吟咏

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吟咏 yín yǒng - to recite
- to sing (of poetry)

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
- - 49,275 59,909 72,901

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yín- to chant; to recite
- verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)
- (literary) to lament; to groan
- (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects
- (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
yín- old variant of 吟[yin2]
yǒng- to sing

Other Words Containing 吟咏

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
吟咏 - - 49,275 59,909 72,901