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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
- surname Qu
- bent
- crooked
- wrong
- tune
- song
- CL:支[zhi1]
- variant of 麴|曲[qu1]
- fermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc)
- Taiwan pr. [qu2]
shé- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
zhē- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
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
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