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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 三脚猫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
三脚猫 sān jiǎo māo - sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 84,719 65,066

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
sān- surname San
sān- three
- 3
jiǎo- foot
- leg (of an animal or an object)
- base (of an object)
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- classifier for kicks
jué- role (variant of 角[jue2])
māo- cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
- (dialect) to hide oneself
- (loanword) (coll.) modem
máo- used in 貓腰|猫腰[mao2yao1]

Other Words Containing 三脚猫

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo