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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 故意

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
故意 gù yì - deliberately; on purpose

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
4 2 1,520 3,333 2,968

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- happening
- instance
- reason
- cause
- intentional
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate

Other Words Containing 故意

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
故意 4 2 1,520 3,333 2,968