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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 毛病

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
毛病 máo bìng - fault
- defect
- shortcomings
- ailment
- CL:個|个[ge4]

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
5 3 2,454 7,483 4,732

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
máo- surname Mao
máo- hair
- feather
- down
- wool
- mildew
- mold
- coarse or semifinished
- young
- raw
- careless
- unthinking
- nervous
- scared
- (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
- classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
bìng- illness
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- disease
- to fall ill
- defect

Other Words Containing 毛病

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
毛病 5 3 2,454 7,483 4,732
出毛病 - 8 16,722 45,823 29,098
老毛病 - - 23,471 41,764 28,483
挑毛病 - - 56,140 76,993 50,564