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Pronunciation: [bai]

Average Rank: 56

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 被, 经, 由, 在...之旁 adv. 经过, 在近处

Detailed Explanations:
  • r. so as to pass a given point
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#13

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.9% (Top 99.9% most frequent)
99.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#132

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)
98.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#23

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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