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)
huī - to wave
- to brandish
- to command
- to conduct
- to scatter
- to disperse

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 4,025 3,915 5,838

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To direct an army 军 by hand 扌

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
指挥 5 4 2,667 2,706 7,568
发挥 5 4 2,878 862 3,601
指挥官 - - 2,985 13,868 37,965
5 7 4,025 3,915 5,838
挥手 - - 8,899 9,622 10,772
指挥部 - - 9,042 8,482 38,516
挥舞 - - 9,119 13,958 23,974
挥霍 6 - 12,848 12,936 6,655
挥动 - - 16,958 21,073 40,994
挥洒 - - 27,967 29,238 20,880
指挥家 - - 29,758 39,147 42,964
挥发 - - 33,029 22,675 19,612
挥发性 - - 36,205 40,743 59,657
挥泪 - - 38,596 48,691 29,097
挥金如土 - - 38,826 66,177 58,464
指挥棒 - - 39,337 42,732 67,088
挥汗如雨 - - 40,907 52,093 48,627
借题发挥 - - 63,822 55,355 48,649
挥洒自如 - - 66,679 65,021 64,727
挥戈 - - 77,807 100,379 113,665
挥毫 - - 78,031 41,938 41,922
挥师 - - 86,700 62,153 85,327