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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吃官司

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吃官司 chī guān sī - to face legal action; to get sued

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
- - 40,120 88,961 70,258

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chī- to eat; to consume
- to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- to eradicate; to destroy
- to absorb
- to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
chī- variant of 吃[chi1]
guān- surname Guan
guān- government official
- governmental
- official
- public
- organ of the body
- CL:個|个[ge4]
- surname Si
- to take charge of
- to manage
- department (under a ministry)

Other Words Containing 吃官司

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
吃官司 - - 40,120 88,961 70,258