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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 媳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
媳 xí - daughter-in-law

List Ranking for: 媳

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
- - 61,425 24,969 21,183

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 女 息

Radical:

女

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

息

Semantic:

女

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing 媳

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
媳妇 6 6 18,721 7,419 4,195
儿媳妇 - - 21,304 27,517 19,822
儿媳 - - 25,225 19,580 18,506
弟媳 - - 49,543 - -
媳 - - 61,425 24,969 21,183
童养媳 - - 83,134 61,073 52,278
婆媳 - - 87,255 29,517 20,561
小媳妇 - - 88,623 41,666 22,444