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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shòu - (bound form) to confer; to give
- (bound form) to teach; to instruct
- (literary) to appoint

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
- - 16,157 7,947 16,456

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Pictophonetic

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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
教授 4 4 1,468 1,758 3,369
授权 - 7 3,780 3,877 8,678
授予 6 7 8,606 5,965 12,508
传授 6 8 14,058 9,719 16,388
- - 16,157 7,947 16,456
人工授精 - - 24,346 - -
授课 - - 26,362 14,069 21,467
授意 - - 27,120 29,188 50,429
讲授 - - 29,115 17,823 40,625
授勋 - - 29,578 65,264 93,409
授粉 - - 30,772 31,961 81,997
函授 - 9 35,561 28,996 71,518
客座教授 - - 42,501 44,585 67,454
授命 - - 44,528 90,773 -
追授 - - 48,927 61,443 94,676
授奖 - - 58,024 49,853 77,505
授人以柄 - - 62,979 95,318 90,271
副教授 - - 65,451 13,685 27,530
授衔 - - 66,329 76,775 83,595
授业 - - 97,587 60,487 57,534