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殖民地
zhímíndì
1. colony
HSK 6 Common • Top 11%

Character Breakdown

殖
zhí
to breed, to spawn; to grow, to prosper
HSK 6 12 丶
民
mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
HSK 4 5 丶
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3 6 丶

Compound Words (2)

半殖民地
bànzhímíndì
semi-colonial
半封建半殖民地
bànfēngjiànbànzhímíndì
semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
9,024 of 84,292