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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 生手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
生手 shēng shǒu - novice
- new hand
- sb new to a job

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
- - 29,882 52,085 38,424

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shēng- to be born
- to give birth
- life
- to grow
- raw
- uncooked
- student
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 生手

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
生手 - - 29,882 52,085 38,424