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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 病原

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
病原 bìng yuán - cause of disease
- pathogen

List Ranking for: 病原

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
- - 54,882 22,589 59,214

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
病 bìng- illness
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- disease
- to fall ill
- defect
原 yuán- surname Yuan
- (Japanese surname) Hara
原 yuán- former
- original
- primary
- raw
- level
- cause
- source

Other Words Containing 病原

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
病原体 - - 13,964 27,016 52,856
病原菌 - - 39,387 32,411 86,169
病原 - - 54,882 22,589 59,214