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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 嚼舌

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
嚼舌 jiáo shé - to gossip
- to argue unnecessarily

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
- - 28,744 84,529 63,637

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiáo- to chew
- also pr. [jue2]
jiào- used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]
- used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
shé- tongue

Other Words Containing 嚼舌

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
嚼舌 - - 28,744 84,529 63,637