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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 张口结舌

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
张口结舌 zhāng kǒu jié shé - agape and tongue-tied (idiom); at a loss for words
- gaping and speechless

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
- - - 59,575 65,685

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhāng- surname Zhang
zhāng- to open up
- to spread
- sheet of paper
- classifier for flat objects, sheet
- classifier for votes
kǒu- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
jiē- (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
- Taiwan pr. [jie2]
jié- knot
- sturdy
- bond
- to tie
- to bind
- to check out (of a hotel)
- used in 喇舌[la3 ji1] to transcribe the Taiwanese word for "tongue"
shé- tongue

Other Words Containing 张口结舌

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