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频 pín frequency

How to remember 频: 步 step + 页 page = frequency. Grading at home, the teacher has to step away from her desk after every page of the essay, shocked by the frequency of the same mistake.

  • HSK 4
  • 13 strokes

Component breakdown

频 = 步 step + 页 page

  • 步 step
    • 止 stop
    • 𣥂 few
  • 页 page
The Gushi story

Grading at home, the teacher has to step away from her desk after every page of the essay, shocked by the frequency of the same mistake.

How it came to be

The step block, two footprints one after the other, with a head beside it. Somebody walking up to the water's edge and back, again and again: that is where repeatedly comes from.

How it is used

  • 'Frequency; frequently'. 频率 (pínlǜ) = frequency (rate); 频繁 (pínfán) = frequent(ly): 频繁出差 (pínfán chūchāi) travel for work frequently.
  • 视频 (shìpín) = video (a very common modern word); 音频 (yīnpín) = audio; 频道 (píndào) = a TV/media channel.
  • 频频 (pínpín) = repeatedly/again and again (frequent recurrence).

Characters built with 频

Words with 频

Example sentences

  • 他在换电视频道。 Tā zài huàn diànshì píndào.He's changing the TV channel.