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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 指定

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
指定 zhǐ dìng - to appoint
- to assign
- to indicate clearly and with certainty
- designated

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 6 5,353 4,156 8,095

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhǐ- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end
dìng- to fix; to set; to make definite
- to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc)
- to congeal; to coagulate
- (literary) definitely

Other Words Containing 指定

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
指定 6 6 5,353 4,156 8,095