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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大臣

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大臣 dà chén - chancellor (of a monarchy)
- cabinet minister

List Ranking for: 大臣

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
6 6 10,231 6,625 19,632

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]
臣 chén- surname Chen
臣 chén- state official or subject in dynastic China
- I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
- Kangxi radical 131

Other Words Containing 大臣

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
大臣 6 6 10,231 6,625 19,632
外交大臣 - - 50,222 - -