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Definition(s) for: 殷商

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
殷商 yīn shāng - final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province

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
- - - 58,953 75,159

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yīn- surname Yin
- dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟[Yin1xu1] in present-day Henan
yān- dark red
yīn- flourishing
- abundant
- earnest
- hospitable
yǐn- roll of thunder
shāng- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- surname Shang
shāng- commerce
- merchant
- dealer
- to consult
- 2nd note in pentatonic scale
- quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)

Other Words Containing 殷商

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo