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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 拥塞

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拥塞 yōng sè - to be clogged up
- to be congested (traffic, computer network etc)

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
- - 79,937 64,014 88,850

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yōng- to hold in one's arms; to embrace
- to surround; to gather around
- to throng; to swarm
- (bound form) to support (as in 擁護|拥护[yong1 hu4])
- (literary) to have; to possess
- Taiwan pr. [yong3]
sāi- to plug; to stop up; to stuff in
- (bound form) a stopper; a cork
sài- (bound form) strategic stronghold
- (bound form) to block; to obstruct

Other Words Containing 拥塞

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
拥塞 - - 79,937 64,014 88,850