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Definition(s) for: 坐月子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坐月子 zuò yuè zi - to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"

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
- - - 46,569 26,710

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zuò- surname Zuo
zuò- to sit
- to take a seat
- to take (a bus, airplane etc)
- to bear fruit
- variant of 座[zuo4]
yuè- moon
- month
- monthly
- CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 坐月子

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