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稀罕

xī han

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

稀罕 (xī han) means "rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 稀罕 means

1. rare; uncommon
2. rare thing; rarity
3. to value as a rarity; to cherish
4. Taiwan pr. xī hǎn

The characters in 稀罕

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 罕hǎnrare

Sounds the same

Read xī han, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 希罕variant of 稀罕

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