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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 断尾

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
断尾 duàn wěi - (zoology) (of a lizard etc) to shed its tail; to autotomize its tail
- (animal husbandry) to cut the tail short; to dock the tail

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
- - - 78,950 48,920

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
duàn- to break
- to snap
- to cut off
- to give up or abstain from sth
- to judge
- (usu. used in the negative) absolutely
- definitely
- decidedly
wěi- tail
- remainder
- remnant
- extremity
- sixth of the 28 constellations
- classifier for fish
- horse's tail
- pointed posterior section of a locust etc

Other Words Containing 断尾

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