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Definition(s) for: 重男轻女

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
重男轻女 zhòng nán qīng nǚ - to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 48,556 34,956

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
nán- (bound form) male
- baron, the lowest of the five ranks of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
qīng- light
- easy
- gentle
- soft
- reckless
- unimportant
- frivolous
- small in number
- unstressed
- neutral
- to disparage
- female
- woman
- daughter
- old variant of 汝[ru3]

Other Words Containing 重男轻女

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