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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 纲要

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
纲要 gāng yào - outline
- essential points

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 53,356 8,047 31,397

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
gāng- head rope of a fishing net
- guiding principle
- key link
- class (taxonomy)
- outline
- program
yāo- (bound form) to demand; to coerce
yào- to want; to need; to ask for
- will; shall; about to
- need to; should
- if (same as 要是[yao4 shi5])
- (bound form) important

Other Words Containing 纲要

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
纲要 - 9 53,356 8,047 31,397