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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 节骨眼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
节骨眼 jiē gu yǎn - (dialect) critical juncture
- crucial moment
- Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]

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
- - 19,974 42,928 41,996

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiē- see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
jié- joint; node
- (bound form) section; segment
- solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
- seasonal festival
- (bound form) to economize; to save
- (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
- classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
- knot (nautical miles per hour)
- used in 骨碌碌[gu1lu4lu4]
- used in 骨碌[gu1lu5]
- bone
yǎn- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
- (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Other Words Containing 节骨眼

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
节骨眼 - - 19,974 42,928 41,996