Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 九曲回肠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - - - 81,957

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiǔ- nine
- 9
- surname Qu
- bent
- crooked
- wrong
- tune
- song
- CL:支[zhi1]
- variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
- fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc)
- Taiwan pr. [qu2]
huí- to circle
- to go back
- to turn around
- to answer
- to return
- to revolve
- Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
- time
- classifier for acts of a play
- section or chapter (of a classic book)
huí- to curve
- to return
- to revolve
huí- variant of 迴|回[hui2]
cháng- intestines
cháng- old variant of 腸|肠[chang2]

Other Words Containing 九曲回肠

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