Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shāi - (bound form) a sieve
- to sieve; to sift; to filter
- to eliminate through selection
- to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water)
- to pour (wine or tea)
- (dialect) to strike (a gong)

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
- 9 21,221 11,224 18,972

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Bamboo

Other Words Containing

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
筛选 6 8 12,230 7,057 6,247
- 9 21,221 11,224 18,972
筛子 - - 28,808 45,189 27,169
筛骨 - - 61,391 - -
筛糠 - - 91,322 98,352 103,160
分子筛 - - 94,891 84,216 -