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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 花枝

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
花枝 huā zhī - spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)
- cuttlefish (on dining menus)
- (literary) beautiful woman

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
- - 51,205 36,215 23,928

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huā- surname Hua
huā- flower
- blossom
- CL:朵[duo3],支[zhi1],束[shu4],把[ba3],盆[pen2],簇[cu4]
- fancy pattern
- florid
- to spend (money, time)
- (coll.) lecherous
- lustful
huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
huā- variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
- blossom
- also pr. [wei3]
zhī- branch
- classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

Other Words Containing 花枝

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
花枝招展 - - 33,472 50,263 36,912
花枝 - - 51,205 36,215 23,928