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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 发牢骚

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
发牢骚 fā láo sāo - to whine
- to be grouchy

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
- - 11,034 30,385 16,046

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]
láo- firm
- sturdy
- fold (for animals)
- sacrifice
- prison
sāo- (bound form) to disturb; to disrupt
- flirty; coquettish
- abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]
- (literary) literary writings; poetry
- foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1])
- (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male

Other Words Containing 发牢骚

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
发牢骚 - - 11,034 30,385 16,046