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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吊死鬼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ - ghost of a person who died by hanging
- hanged person
- (coll.) inchworm
- hangman (word game)

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
- - - - 68,939

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
diào- to suspend
- to hang up
- to hang a person
diào- a string of 100 cash (arch.)
- to lament
- to condole with
- variant of 吊[diao4]
- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned
guǐ- disembodied spirit; ghost; devil
- (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
- sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3])
- one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

Other Words Containing 吊死鬼

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo