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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 抹杀

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
抹杀 mǒ shā - to erase
- to cover traces
- to obliterate evidence
- to expunge
- to blot out
- to suppress

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 - 18,275 28,195 20,966

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to wipe
- to smear
- to wipe
- to erase
- classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc
- to plaster
- to go around
- to skirt
shā- to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
- to weaken; to reduce
- (dialect) to smart
- (used after a verb) extremely

Other Words Containing 抹杀

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
抹杀 6 - 18,275 28,195 20,966