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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 炮制

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
炮制 páo zhì - to concoct
- to invent
- to fabricate
- to produce
- to process
- processing and curing (Chinese medicine)

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
- - 35,570 21,001 29,779

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bāo- to sauté
- to fry
- to dry by heating
páo- to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
pào- cannon
- CL:座[zuo4]
- firecracker
pào- variant of 炮[pao4]
zhì- system
- to control
- to regulate
- variant of 製|制[zhi4]
zhì- to manufacture
- to make

Other Words Containing 炮制

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
炮制 - - 35,570 21,001 29,779
如法炮制 - - 39,909 50,834 48,488