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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 勉强
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 勉强 | miǎn qiǎng | - to do with difficulty - to force sb to do sth - reluctant - barely enough |
List Ranking for: 勉强
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 6,122 | 6,250 | 5,261 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 勉 | miǎn | - to exhort - to make an effort |
| 强 | qiáng | - surname Qiang |
| 强 | jiàng | - stubborn - unyielding |
| 强 | qiáng | - strong - powerful - better - slightly more than - vigorous - violent - best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2] |
| 强 | qiǎng | - to force - to compel - to strive - to make an effort |
| 强 | jiàng | - variant of 強|强[jiang4] |
| 强 | qiáng | - variant of 強|强[qiang2] |
| 强 | qiǎng | - variant of 強|强[qiang3] |
Other Words Containing 勉强
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