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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
gāo - ointment
- paste
- CL:帖[tie3]
gào - to moisten
- to grease
- to apply (cream, ointment)
- to dip a brush in ink

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
- - 9,835 7,354 3,945

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Flesh

Other Words Containing

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
唇膏 - - 8,445 14,035 5,890
牙膏 4 8 8,590 10,309 5,872
- - 9,835 7,354 3,945
石膏 - - 12,404 17,426 25,624
药膏 - - 12,837 38,649 27,042
病入膏肓 - - 21,135 49,796 27,651
软膏 - - 21,665 33,876 25,740
膏药 - - 30,675 44,614 31,063
油膏 - - 33,663 50,210 24,556
橡皮膏 - - 46,364 - 110,513
雪花膏 - - 49,301 91,966 64,928
民脂民膏 - - 71,360 76,187 43,818
熟石膏 - - 83,878 - -