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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 伤脑筋

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
伤脑筋 shāng nǎo jīn - to be a real headache
- to find sth a real headache
- to beat one's brains

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
6 9 19,228 33,463 25,047

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
伤 shāng- to injure
- injury
- wound
脑 nǎo- brain
- mind
- head
- essence
筋 jīn- muscle
- tendon
- veins visible under the skin
- sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable)

Other Words Containing 伤脑筋

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
伤脑筋 6 9 19,228 33,463 25,047