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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 咋呼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
咋呼 zhā hu - bluster
- ruckus
- to boast loudly

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
- - 57,172 89,988 57,449

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
咋 zǎ- dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么[zen3me5]
- Taiwan pr. [ze2]
咋 zé- (literary) to bite; to gnaw
咋 zhā- used in 咋呼[zha1hu5]
- Taiwan pr. [ze2]
呼 hū- to call
- to cry
- to shout
- to breath out
- to exhale
呼 hū- variant of 呼[hu1]
- to shout
- to call out

Other Words Containing 咋呼

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
咋呼 - - 57,172 89,988 57,449