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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 支吾

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
支吾 zhī wú - to resist
- to deal with
支吾 zhī wu - to respond evasively or vaguely
- to elude
- to stall

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
- - 51,173 50,997 69,801

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
支 zhī- surname Zhi
支 zhī- to support
- to sustain
- to erect
- to raise
- branch
- division
- to draw money
- classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
吾 wú- surname Wu
吾 wú- (old) I; my

Other Words Containing 支吾

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
支支吾吾 - - 39,709 43,402 47,476
支吾 - - 51,173 50,997 69,801