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Definition(s) for: 五步蛇

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
五步蛇 wǔ bù shé - Deinagkistrodon acutus, a species of venomous pit viper, aka five-pace viper (i.e. can grow to five paces)

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
- - - 91,039 74,552

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
五 wǔ- five
- 5
步 bù- surname Bu
步 bù- a step
- a pace
- walk
- march
- stages in a process
- situation
蛇 shé- snake
- serpent
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
蛇 yí- used in 委蛇[wei1yi2]
蛇 shé- variant of 蛇[she2]

Other Words Containing 五步蛇

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