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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 折磨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
折磨 zhé mó - to torment; to torture

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 7 1,781 5,787 2,880

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shé- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
zhē- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
zhé- to break
- to fracture
- to snap
- to suffer loss
- to bend
- to twist
- to turn
- to change direction
- convinced
- to convert into (currency)
- discount
- rebate
- tenth (in price)
- classifier for theatrical scenes
- to fold
- accounts book
zhé- variant of 折[zhe2]
- to fold
- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
- grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round

Other Words Containing 折磨

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
折磨 6 7 1,781 5,787 2,880