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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 刀削面

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
刀削面 dāo xiāo miàn - knife-shaved noodles (pared or shaved into strips), a Shanxi specialty

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
- - 58,298 58,820 26,987

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dāo- surname Dao
dāo- knife
- blade
- single-edged sword
- cutlass
- CL:把[ba3]
- (slang) dollar (loanword)
- classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper)
- classifier for knife cuts or stabs
xiāo- to peel with a knife
- to pare
- to cut (a ball at tennis etc)
xuē- to pare
- to reduce
- to remove
- Taiwan pr. [xue4]
miàn- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
miàn- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless

Other Words Containing 刀削面

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
刀削面 - - 58,298 58,820 26,987