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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 泛滥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
泛滥 fàn làn - to overflow; to inundate; to flood
- (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
泛滥 fàn làn - variant of 氾濫|泛滥[fan4lan4]

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
6 8 16,173 10,694 8,909

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fàn- (bound form) general
- non-specific
- extensive
- pan-
- to flood
- (literary) to float about
- to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc)
fàn- variant of 泛[fan4]
fàn- variant of 泛[fan4]
làn- overflowing
- excessive
- indiscriminate

Other Words Containing 泛滥

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
泛滥 6 8 16,173 10,694 8,909
泛滥成灾 - - 49,624 44,583 39,870