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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 乌贼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
乌贼 wū zéi - cuttlefish

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
- - 15,418 48,188 26,893

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1ke4lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1zi1bie2ke4si1tan3] etc
- surname Wu
- crow
- black
- used in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4la5]
- used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4la5cao3]
zéi- thief
- traitor
- wily
- deceitful
- evil
- extremely

Other Words Containing 乌贼

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
乌贼 - - 15,418 48,188 26,893
枪乌贼 - - 64,363 - -