Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zàn - temporary
- Taiwan pr. [zhan4]
zàn - to scurry
- variant of 暫|暂[zan4]

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
- 8 12,322 5,318 8,030

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Sun

Other Words Containing

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
暂时 4 5 1,843 2,575 3,160
暂停 - 5 3,907 5,182 9,124
短暂 - 7 5,111 5,588 3,886
- 8 12,322 5,318 8,030
暂且 6 - 19,532 20,709 20,091
暂缓 - - 24,970 22,806 36,166
暂定 - - 35,230 22,392 22,608
暂住证 - - 43,309 28,342 41,391
暂行 - - 73,471 8,231 34,449