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Definition(s) for: 绝望

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
绝望 jué wàng - to despair
- to give up all hope
- desperate
- desperation

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
6 5 2,785 6,078 3,181

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jué- to cut short
- extinct
- to disappear
- to vanish
- absolutely
- by no means
jué- variant of 絕|绝[jue2]
wàng- full moon
- to hope
- to expect
- to visit
- to gaze (into the distance)
- to look towards
- towards
wàng- 15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- old variant of 望[wang4]

Other Words Containing 绝望

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
绝望 6 5 2,785 6,078 3,181