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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 二手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
二手 èr shǒu - indirectly acquired
- second-hand (information, equipment etc)
- assistant

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
- 4 12,258 8,931 8,444

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
二 èr- two
- 2
- (Beijing dialect) stupid
手 shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 二手

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
二手 - 4 12,258 8,931 8,444
二手货 - - 18,854 62,171 36,911
二手车 - 9 22,658 13,435 22,235