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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 研究

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
研究 yán jiū - research
- a study
- CL:項|项[xiang4]
- to research
- to look into

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
- 4 941 224 1,527

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yán- to grind
- study
- research
jiū- after all
- to investigate
- to study carefully
- Taiwan pr. [jiu4]

Other Words Containing 研究

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
研究 - 4 941 224 1,527
研究生 4 4 9,714 4,337 7,687
研究所 - 5 11,329 3,203 14,483
研究员 - - 17,394 7,391 22,187
研究院 - - 24,878 8,174 20,327
研究者 - - 28,693 13,720 26,888