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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 敲竹杠

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
敲竹杠 qiāo zhú gàng - extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness

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
- - 50,845 89,192 78,881

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiāo- to hit
- to strike
- to tap
- to rap
- to knock
- to rip sb off
- to overcharge
zhú- bamboo
- CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]
- Kangxi radical 118
gāng- flagpole
- footbridge
gàng- variant of 槓|杠[gang4]
gàng- coffin-bearing pole (old)
- thick pole; bar; rod
- thick line
- to mark with a thick line
- to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
- to get into a dispute with
- standard; criterion
- hyphen; dash

Other Words Containing 敲竹杠

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
敲竹杠 - - 50,845 89,192 78,881