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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 棒喝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
棒喝 bàng hè - practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism)
- to rebuke sternly

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
- - - 95,278 66,777

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
棒 bàng- stick
- club
- cudgel
- smart
- capable
- strong
- wonderful
- classifier for legs of a relay race
喝 hē- to drink
- variant of 嗬[he1]
喝 hè- to shout

Other Words Containing 棒喝

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