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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 阴曹地府

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阴曹地府 yīn cáo dì fǔ - netherworld
- Kingdom of the Underworld
- Hades

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
- - - 99,233 74,733

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yīn- surname Yin
yīn- overcast (weather)
- cloudy
- shady
- Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
- negative (electric.)
- feminine
- moon
- implicit
- hidden
- genitalia
yīn- variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
cáo- surname Cao
- Zhou Dynasty vassal state
cáo- class or grade
- generation
- plaintiff and defendant (old)
- government department (old)
de- -ly
- structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
- CL:片[pian4]
- seat of government
- government repository (archive)
- official residence
- mansion
- presidential palace
- (honorific) Your home
- prefecture (from Tang to Qing times)

Other Words Containing 阴曹地府

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