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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 牛膝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
牛膝 niú xī - Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine)

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
- - - 52,041 73,108

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
牛 niú- surname Niu
牛 niú- ox
- cow
- bull
- CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]
- newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4])
- (slang) awesome
膝 xī- knee
膝 xī- old variant of 膝[xi1]

Other Words Containing 牛膝

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