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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 变质

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
变质 biàn zhì - to degenerate; to deteriorate
- (of food) to go bad; to go off
- (geology) metamorphism

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 8 13,761 12,443 12,879

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
变 biàn- to change
- to become different
- to transform
- to vary
- rebellion
质 zhì- character
- nature
- quality
- plain
- to pawn
- pledge
- hostage
- to question
- Taiwan pr. [zhi2]

Other Words Containing 变质

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
变质 6 8 13,761 12,443 12,879
变质岩 - - 99,114 68,311 -