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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 插曲

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
插曲 chā qǔ - music played during a movie, play etc
- incidental music
- music played in a theatrical interlude
- (fig.) incident
- episode

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
- - 12,154 17,060 9,449

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chā- to insert
- stick in
- pierce
- to take part in
- to interfere
- to interpose
chā- old variant of 插[cha1]
- surname Qu
- bent
- crooked
- wrong
- tune
- song
- CL:支[zhi1]
- variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
- fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc)
- Taiwan pr. [qu2]

Other Words Containing 插曲

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
插曲 - - 12,154 17,060 9,449