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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 捏造

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
捏造 niē zào - to make up
- to fabricate

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
- - 9,856 26,415 29,021

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
niē- to hold between the thumb and fingers
- to pinch
- to mold (using the fingers)
- to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
- to join together
- to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
niē- variant of 捏[nie1]
zào- to make
- to build
- to manufacture
- to invent
- to fabricate
- to go to
- party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
- crop
- classifier for crops

Other Words Containing 捏造

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
捏造 - - 9,856 26,415 29,021
凭空捏造 - - 35,710 90,845 90,570