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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 腰椎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
腰椎 yāo zhuī - lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)

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
- - 24,348 17,311 22,483

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yāo- the waist and lower back
- (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food)
- the waist of trousers or a skirt
- (metonym) money pouch; pocket
- (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
chuí- hammer; mallet (variant of 槌[chui2])
- to hammer; to bludgeon (variant of 捶[chui2])
zhuī- (bound form) vertebra

Other Words Containing 腰椎

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
腰椎 - - 24,348 17,311 22,483
腰椎间盘 - - 52,288 - -