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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 风云

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
风云 fēng yún - weather
- unstable situation

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
- 8 10,389 6,739 3,845

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
风 fēng- wind
- news
- style
- custom
- manner
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]
云 yún- (classical) to say
云 yún- surname Yun
- abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3]
云 yún- cloud
- CL:朵[duo3]

Other Words Containing 风云

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
风云 - 8 10,389 6,739 3,845
风云人物 - - 29,752 27,026 33,059
风云变幻 - - 54,733 35,657 41,487
叱咤风云 - - 90,141 39,176 39,293