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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 腰斩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
腰斩 yāo zhǎn - to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment)
- to cut sth in half
- to reduce sth by a dramatic margin
- to terminate
- to cut short

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
- - - 50,845 37,880

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yāo- the waist and lower back
- (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- the waist of trousers or a skirt
- (metonym) money pouch; pocket
- (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
zhǎn- to behead (as form of capital punishment)
- to chop

Other Words Containing 腰斩

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo