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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 周折

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
周折 zhōu zhé - twists and turns
- vicissitude
- complication
- difficulty
- effort
- CL:番[fan1]

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 - 20,363 20,602 32,961

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhōu- surname Zhou
- Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
zhōu- to make a circuit
- to circle
- circle
- circumference
- lap
- cycle
- complete
- all
- all over
- thorough
- to help financially
zhōu- week
- weekly
- variant of 周[zhou1]
shé- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
zhē- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
zhé- to break
- to fracture
- to snap
- to suffer loss
- to bend
- to twist
- to turn
- to change direction
- convinced
- to convert into (currency)
- discount
- rebate
- tenth (in price)
- classifier for theatrical scenes
- to fold
- accounts book
zhé- variant of 折[zhe2]
- to fold

Other Words Containing 周折

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
周折 6 - 20,363 20,602 32,961