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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 做文章

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
做文章 zuò wén zhāng - to make an issue of sth
- to fuss
- to make a song and dance

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
- - 33,748 22,561 35,304

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuò- to make; to produce
- to write; to compose
- to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
- (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc)
- (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for
- to assume (an air or manner)
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67
zhāng- surname Zhang
zhāng- chapter
- section
- clause
- movement (of symphony)
- seal
- badge
- regulation
- order

Other Words Containing 做文章

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
做文章 - - 33,748 22,561 35,304