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:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- to scare
- to intimidate
- to threaten
- (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut
- (interjection showing astonishment)
xià - to frighten
- to scare

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
5 5 910 2,804 1,656

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

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
5 5 910 2,804 1,656
吓坏 - - 2,699 20,181 15,951
吓人 - 7 3,162 10,031 4,395
恐吓 6 7 4,801 15,310 18,323
吓唬 - 7 5,178 21,882 14,389
惊吓 - - 6,862 17,640 13,197
吓倒 - - 11,686 31,392 25,798
威吓 - - 26,328 53,444 71,134
恫吓 - - 40,736 46,232 74,632