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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 荤腥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
荤腥 hūn xīng - meat and fish

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
- - - 83,415 63,596

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
荤 hūn- strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
- non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
- vulgar
- obscene
荤 xūn- used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1yu4]
腥 xīng- fishy (smell)

Other Words Containing 荤腥

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