Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
niǔ - to turn
- to twist
- to wring
- to sprain
- to swing one's hips

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
- 6 3,808 6,092 3,565

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

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
- 6 3,808 6,092 3,565
扭曲 - 7 5,864 8,838 7,567
扭转 6 7 8,966 8,486 14,950
别扭 6 7 8,980 - -
扭伤 - - 10,376 24,186 21,199
扭打 - - 20,670 43,703 58,940
闹别扭 - - 25,794 45,625 25,435
扭转乾坤 - - 26,468 64,565 49,342
扭头 - 9 27,879 14,773 12,413
扭扭捏捏 - - 30,471 64,533 41,586
扭力 - - 48,613 48,662 63,049
歪歪扭扭 - - 50,198 57,270 45,993