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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 糊口

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
糊口 hú kǒu - to scrape a meager living
- to get by with difficulty
糊口 hú kǒu - variant of 糊口[hu2 kou3]

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
- - 13,781 44,457 31,292

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- muddled
- paste
- scorched
- paste
- cream
- variant of 糊[hu2]
- congee
- (in 糊口[hu2kou3]) to feed oneself
kǒu- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Other Words Containing 糊口

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
糊口 - - 13,781 44,457 31,292