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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhòu - sudden
- unexpected
- abrupt
- suddenly
- Taiwan pr. [zou4]

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
- - 21,016 15,278 18,632

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Horse

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
步骤 5 8 10,190 5,446 7,081
- - 21,016 15,278 18,632
骤降 - - 34,060 30,550 22,571
骤雨 - - 38,313 55,839 49,490
暴风骤雨 - 9 44,039 51,880 37,091
骤然 - 9 48,249 14,309 24,870
骤变 - - 48,360 56,266 52,387