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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 手足无措

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
手足无措 shǒu zú wú cuò - at a loss to know what to do (idiom); bewildered

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
- - 16,979 29,500 27,750

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- excessive
- (bound form) foot; leg
- sufficient; ample
- as much as; fully
- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- not to have
- no
- none
- not
- to lack
- un-
- -less
cuò- to handle
- to manage
- to put in order
- to arrange
- to administer
- to execute
- to take action on
- to plan

Other Words Containing 手足无措

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
手足无措 - - 16,979 29,500 27,750