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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 见阎王

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
见阎王 jiàn yán wáng - (coll.) to meet one's maker; to kick the bucket; to die

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
- - - 89,614 72,410

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiàn- to see
- to meet
- to appear (to be sth)
- to interview
- opinion
- view
xiàn- to appear
- also written 現|现[xian4]
yán- surname Yan (sometimes written 閆|闫[Yan2] in recent years)
yán- (literary) the gate of a lane
wáng- surname Wang
wáng- king or monarch
- best or strongest of its type
- grand
- great
wàng- (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)

Other Words Containing 见阎王

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