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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 外语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
外语 wài yǔ - foreign language
- CL:門|门[men2]

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
- 1 15,369 6,933 9,480

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
外 wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
语 yǔ- dialect
- language
- speech
语 yù- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 外语

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
外语 - 1 15,369 6,933 9,480