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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大员

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大员 dà yuán - high official

List Ranking for: 大员

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 58,485 39,458 53,574

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
员 yuán- (bound form) person engaged in a certain field of activity
- (bound form) member
- classifier for military generals

Other Words Containing 大员

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大员 - - 58,485 39,458 53,574