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)
lán - to block sb's path
- to obstruct
- to flag down (a taxi)

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
5 7 5,056 6,340 5,822

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
5 7 5,056 6,340 5,822
拦住 - - 5,554 13,028 19,019
拦截 - - 7,359 11,098 18,866
阻拦 6 8 13,997 16,538 24,670
拦路 - - 29,987 40,739 42,877
拦路虎 - - 32,042 41,626 36,616
拦网 - - 42,524 23,308 50,649
拦劫 - - 42,624 - -
拦阻 - - 52,448 37,894 53,085
拦腰 - - 66,490 34,653 47,797