life

Pronunciation: [laif]

Average Rank: 129

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 生活, 生命, 人生, 世事, 生物, 寿命, 一生, 生命力, 灵魂, 无期徒刑 [医] 生活, 生存, 生命, 寿命

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a characteristic state or mode of living
  • n. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
  • n. the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
  • n. the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Plural: lives

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#133

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#139

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.6% (Top 98.6% most frequent)
98.6%

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

Project Gutenberg
#114

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.9% (Top 98.9% most frequent)
98.9%

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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