Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shào - a whistle
- sentry

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 - 12,821 12,338 19,586

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

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
口哨 - 8 8,995 35,125 31,117
6 - 12,821 12,338 19,586
花哨 - - 15,018 32,341 26,361
哨子 - - 17,441 44,514 37,946
放哨 - - 19,608 44,571 42,824
前哨 - - 21,766 36,514 67,833
哨兵 - - 22,633 29,390 39,550
岗哨 - - 23,604 50,257 66,518
花里胡哨 - - 35,585 70,549 45,468
哨所 - - 55,613 30,289 52,885
检查哨 - - 56,552 - -
前哨战 - - 58,109 87,508 103,753
观察哨 - - 59,308 85,923 -
哨卡 - - 64,798 63,979 119,769