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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吃力

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吃力 chī lì - to entail strenuous effort
- to toil at a task
- strenuous
- laborious
- strain

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 5 18,667 14,994 13,531

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
吃 chī- to eat; to consume
- to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- to eradicate; to destroy
- to absorb
- to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
吃 chī- variant of 吃[chi1]
力 lì- surname Li
力 lì- power
- force
- strength
- ability
- strenuously

Other Words Containing 吃力

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
吃力 6 5 18,667 14,994 13,531