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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 发呆

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
发呆 fā dāi - to stare blankly
- to be stunned
- to be lost in thought

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 - 17,787 9,496 4,058

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]
dāi- foolish; stupid
- expressionless; blank
- to stay (variant of 待[dai1])
dāi- stupid (variant of 呆[dai1])
- blank (variant of 呆[dai1])

Other Words Containing 发呆

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
发呆 6 - 17,787 9,496 4,058