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)
gōu - ditch
- gutter
- groove
- gully
- ravine
- CL:道[dao4]

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 7,702 4,919 5,394

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

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
沟通 5 5 4,227 2,307 2,646
- 5 7,702 4,919 5,394
水沟 - - 17,496 24,787 34,675
阴沟 - - 18,170 38,141 36,905
腹股沟 - - 21,709 30,109 50,123
排水沟 - - 22,562 41,807 77,212
沟渠 - - 26,206 34,688 34,849
壕沟 - - 26,242 44,194 88,199
鸿沟 - - 30,085 26,357 29,776
代沟 - - 30,652 36,232 18,017
海沟 - - 32,310 75,391 66,703
山沟 - - 38,509 24,770 32,312
沟槽 - - 46,294 60,106 105,895
沟壑 - - 50,284 38,229 32,733
河沟 - - 64,550 45,260 49,400
垄沟 - - 94,694 - 91,004