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)
zhēng - to evaporate
- (of cooking) to steam
- torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
- finely chopped firewood (old)

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
- 8 12,723 5,825 2,885

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Steam 烝 provides the meaning and sound

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
蒸发 6 - 8,364 12,758 13,794
蒸汽 - - 10,214 14,133 17,492
- 8 12,723 5,825 2,885
蒸馏 - - 26,793 34,636 52,098
蒸蒸日上 - - 26,940 25,763 16,861
蒸气 - - 27,036 - -
水蒸气 - - 36,999 43,820 39,716
熏蒸 - - 37,156 43,111 44,378
蒸笼 - - 44,070 47,316 35,402
蒸锅 - - 44,477 44,674 18,686
蒸汽机 - - 45,785 51,665 70,302
清蒸 - - 46,684 35,301 17,923
蒸馏水 - - 47,679 27,054 52,984
蒸饺 - - 47,738 56,581 23,950
蒸馏器 - - 51,680 - -
蒸腾 - - 97,678 48,169 62,796