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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shì - to explain
- to release
- Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2])
- Buddhism

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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
- - 13,874 8,963 13,140

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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
解释 4 4 555 1,192 1,207
释放 6 7 1,764 3,496 4,960
假释 - - 3,844 40,374 55,051
保释 - - 4,038 34,141 57,350
诠释 - - 9,169 8,683 6,513
释怀 - - 12,135 19,110 7,814
- - 13,874 8,963 13,140
如释重负 - - 17,865 35,232 36,045
获释 - - 19,904 22,412 40,667
注释 6 - 21,650 21,126 27,930
稀释 - - 24,370 10,622 14,652
开释 - - 26,970 - 97,623
释然 - - 28,129 22,699 11,067
爱不释手 6 9 28,804 23,847 16,461
阐释 - - 29,722 19,128 32,992
释义 - - 31,261 33,432 28,233
手不释卷 - - 62,215 - 88,844
释迦牟尼 - - 63,387 34,922 20,509
释疑 - - 85,694 43,648 51,644