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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 死活

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
死活 sǐ huó - life or death
- fate
- no matter what
- anyway
- for the life of me

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
- - 9,354 16,800 10,418

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
死 sǐ- to die
- impassable
- uncrossable
- inflexible
- rigid
- extremely
- damned
活 huó- to live
- alive
- living
- work
- workmanship

Other Words Containing 死活

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
死活 - - 9,354 16,800 10,418