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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 炒鱿鱼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
炒鱿鱼 chǎo yóu yú - (coll.) to fire sb
- to sack sb

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
- - 8,558 54,423 33,808

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chǎo- to sauté; to stir-fry
- to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp
- to hype up
- to sack; to fire (sb)
鱿 yóu- cuttlefish
- surname Yu
- fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])
- used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鮑魚|鲍鱼[bao4yu2], alligators and crocodiles 鱷魚|鳄鱼[e4yu2] and octopi 章魚|章鱼[zhang1yu2])

Other Words Containing 炒鱿鱼

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
炒鱿鱼 - - 8,558 54,423 33,808