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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 消化

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
消化 xiāo huà - to digest (food)
- (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process

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 4 7,013 3,778 3,590

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiāo- to diminish; to subside
- to consume; to reduce
- to idle away (the time)
- (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
huā- variant of 花[hua1]
huà- to make into
- to change into
- -ization
- to ... -ize
- to transform
- abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]

Other Words Containing 消化

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
消化 5 4 7,013 3,778 3,590
消化系统 - - 28,374 28,131 23,005
消化道 - - 31,516 - -
消化酶 - - 66,240 58,469 34,541