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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 束手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
束手 shù shǒu - to have one's hands tied
- helpless
- unable to do anything about it

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
- - - 66,674 64,077

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shù- surname Shu
shù- to bind
- bunch
- bundle
- classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc
- to control
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 束手

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
束手无策 - - 12,601 24,693 27,253
束手就擒 - - 24,523 42,952 64,487