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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 破折号

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
破折号 pò zhé hào - dash
- Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)

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
- - 39,409 98,094 55,475

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
破 pò- broken
- damaged
- worn out
- lousy
- rotten
- to break, split or cleave
- to get rid of
- to destroy
- to break with
- to defeat
- to capture (a city etc)
- to expose the truth of
折 shé- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
折 zhē- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
折 zhé- to break
- to fracture
- to snap
- to suffer loss
- to bend
- to twist
- to turn
- to change direction
- convinced
- to convert into (currency)
- discount
- rebate
- tenth (in price)
- classifier for theatrical scenes
- to fold
- accounts book
折 zhé- variant of 折[zhe2]
- to fold
号 háo- roar
- cry
- CL:個|个[ge4]
号 hào- ordinal number
- day of a month
- mark
- sign
- business establishment
- size
- ship suffix
- horn (wind instrument)
- bugle call
- assumed name
- to take a pulse
- classifier used to indicate number of people

Other Words Containing 破折号

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
破折号 - - 39,409 98,094 55,475