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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 下笔

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
下笔 xià bǐ - to put pen to paper

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
- - 44,869 44,190 31,684

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xià- down
- downwards
- below
- lower
- later
- next (week etc)
- second (of two parts)
- to decline
- to go down
- to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- measure word to show the frequency of an action
- pen
- pencil
- writing brush
- to write or compose
- the strokes of Chinese characters
- classifier for sums of money, deals
- CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 下笔

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
下笔 - - 44,869 44,190 31,684