(pín): frequency, frequently, repetitious

(pín) is a Chinese character meaning “frequency.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural) and (structural). It ranks #1525 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. frequency
  2. frequently
  3. repetitious

Stroke Order

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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13

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounpín dàofrequency6
nounshì pínvideo4
nounpín lǜfrequency6
adjectivepín fánfrequently6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
yīn pínaudio
tiáo pínfrequency modulation
pín pínrepeatedly
pín duàn(radio) band
gāo pínhigh frequency
shēng pínaudio frequency
pín pǔfrequency spectrum
shèn gāo pínvery high frequency (VHF)
pín dàifrequency range
jié bào pín chuánvictory reports pour in (idiom)
pín réngfrequent
shù zì fēn píndigital frequency sharing
yì pín léi dá shōu fā jītransponder
pín shù fēn bùfrequency distribution
shì pín huì yìvideoconferencing
50
Total compounds
32
As first character
42
As last character
26
As middle character

appears in 50 compound words: 32 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

shì
0.674163,103 co-occurrences
使shǐ
0.66594 co-occurrences
huó
0.61392 co-occurrences
dào
0.599214,368 co-occurrences
fán
0.57330,667 co-occurrences
0.56976,634 co-occurrences
cháng
0.54692 co-occurrences
zèng
0.50010,800 co-occurrences
téng
0.4784,530 co-occurrences
yòng
0.47296 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

最近地震发,大家要注意安全。

Zuìjìn dìzhèn pín fā, dàjiā yào zhùyì ānquán.

Earthquakes have been frequent recently; everyone should pay attention to safety.

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丨繁荣昌盛,越来越好!这个春节听听大家给...

shì pín 丨 fán róng chāng shèng , yuè lái yuè hǎo ! zhè gè chūn jié tīng tīng dà jiā gěi . . .

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wēi shì pín 冀 wàng mǐ lán yī fēng jiā shū — — zhì hé běi yùn dòng yuán hé kǎi . . .

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丨跨越4000多公里 为了让援疆民警尝到...

shì pín 丨 kuà yuè 4 0 0 0 duō gōng lǐ wéi le ràng yuán jiāng mín jǐng cháng dào . . .

Video丨Spanning more than 4,000 kilometers, in order to let the police aiding Xinjiang taste...

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丨空间站的年夜饭都有什么?听航天员报菜名...

shì pín 丨 kōng jiān zhàn de nián yè fàn dū yǒu shén má ? yǐn háng tiān yuán bào cài míng . . .

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. . . wǎn sài rè nào zhī yú , duō xiǎng sān gě wèn tí shì pín

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Tatoeba

地震繁地袭击日本。

Dìzhèn pínfán de xíjī Rìběn.

Earthquakes frequently hit Japan.

Tatoeba

汤姆为抖音录制视

Tāngmǔ wèi Dǒuyīn lùzhì shìpín.

Tom makes TikTok videos.

Tatoeba

那么你道换掉也行啊。

Nàme nǐ píndào huàn diào yě xíng ā.

You can just switch channels.

Tatoeba

最近繁的地震让我们很焦虑。

Zuì jìn pínfán de dìzhèn ràng wǒmen hěn jiāolǜ.

The recent frequency of earthquakes makes us nervous.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced pín

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 频 (pín) mean in Chinese?
频 (pín) primarily means "frequency." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #1525 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 频 have?
频 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 频?
The radical associated with 频 is 页 (page). This radical appears in many characters related to page.
What are the components of 频?
频 is composed of: 步 (structural), 页 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰步页 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 频?
Common words with 频 include: 频道 (pín dào, "frequency"); 视频 (shì pín, "video"); 频率 (pín lǜ, "frequency"); 频繁 (pín fán, "frequently"); 音频 (yīn pín, "audio"). There are over 50 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 频 (pín)?
Several characters share the pronunciation pín: 拼 (to piece together), 贫 (poor), 品 (product, quality), 聘 (to hire). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 频 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 频 and the traditional form is 頻.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.