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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 紫菜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
紫菜 zǐ cài - edible seaweed of genus Porphyra or genus Pyropia, esp. one used to make dried sheets of nori

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
- - 44,028 21,761 9,920

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
紫 zǐ- purple
- violet
菜 cài- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
- (coll.) (one's) type

Other Words Containing 紫菜

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
紫菜 - - 44,028 21,761 9,920