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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 屈指可数

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
屈指可数 qū zhǐ - kě shǔ - lit. can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
- fig. very few

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
- - 33,158 27,736 30,502

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Qu
- bent
- to feel wronged
zhǐ- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
shǔ- to count
- to count as; to regard as
- to enumerate; to list
shù- number; figure
- several; a few
shuò- (literary) frequently; repeatedly

Other Words Containing 屈指可数

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
屈指可数 - - 33,158 27,736 30,502