his

Pronunciation: [hiz]

Average Rank: 39

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

pron. 他的 [化] 组氨酸

Detailed Explanations:
  • pron. Belonging or pertaining to him; -- used as a pronominal
  • adjective or adjective pronoun; as, tell John his papers are ready;
  • formerly used also for its, but this use is now obsolete.
  • pron. The possessive of he; as, the book is his.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#19

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#90

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.1% (Top 99.1% most frequent)
99.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#9

Classical and literary usage

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

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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