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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 杆子

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
杆子 gān zi - pole
杆子 gǎn zi - pole
- stick
- club
- gang of bandits

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
- - 15,078 40,201 27,819

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gān- pole
- CL:條|条[tiao2],根[gen1]
gǎn- stick
- pole
- lever
- classifier for long objects such as guns
- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
zi- (noun suffix)

Other Words Containing 杆子

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
杆子 - - 15,078 40,201 27,819
笔杆子 - - 51,294 73,369 61,964