this

Pronunciation: [θis]

Average Rank: 24

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

pron. 这, 本 a. 这, 本 adv. 这么

Detailed Explanations:
  • pron. & a. As a demonstrative pronoun, this denotes something
  • that is present or near in place or time, or something just mentioned,
  • or that is just about to be mentioned.
  • pron. & a. As an adjective, this has the same demonstrative
  • force as the pronoun, but is followed by a noun; as, this book; this
  • way to town.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#29

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.7% (Top 99.7% most frequent)
99.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#14

Conversational and colloquial usage

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

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

Project Gutenberg
#28

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.7% (Top 99.7% most frequent)
99.7%

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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