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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 招数

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
招数 zhāo shù - move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
- gambit
- trick
- scheme
- movement
- same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4]

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
- 8 11,767 16,599 16,431

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhāo- to recruit
- to provoke
- to beckon
- to incur
- to infect
- contagious
- a move (chess)
- a maneuver
- device
- trick
- to confess
shǔ- to count
- to count as; to regard as
- to enumerate; to list
shù- number; figure
- several; a few
shuò- (literary) frequently; repeatedly

Other Words Containing 招数

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
招数 - 8 11,767 16,599 16,431