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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 太后

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
太后 tài hòu - Empress Dowager

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
- - 20,632 9,051 14,021

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
太 tài- highest
- greatest
- too (much)
- very
- extremely
后 hòu- surname Hou
后 hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
后 hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-

Other Words Containing 太后

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
太后 - - 20,632 9,051 14,021
皇太后 - - 94,977 26,231 32,523