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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 曲折
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 曲折 | qū zhé | - winding - (fig.) complicated |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 8 | 15,857 | 10,284 | 8,538 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 曲 | qū | - surname Qu |
| 曲 | qū | - bent - crooked - wrong |
| 曲 | qǔ | - tune - song - CL:支[zhi1] |
| 曲 | qū | - variant of 麴|曲[qu1] |
| 曲 | qū | - fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc) - Taiwan pr. [qu2] |
| 折 | shé | - to snap - to break (a stick, a bone etc) - (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 | zhē | - to turn sth over - to turn upside down - to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 | zhé | - to break - to fracture - to snap - to suffer loss - to bend - to twist - to turn - to change direction - convinced - to convert into (currency) - discount - rebate - tenth (in price) - classifier for theatrical scenes - to fold - accounts book |
| 折 | zhé | - variant of 折[zhe2] - to fold |
Other Words Containing 曲折
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 曲折 | 6 | 8 | 15,857 | 10,284 | 8,538 |