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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 苟且

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
苟且 gǒu qiě - perfunctory
- careless
- drifting along
- resigned to one's fate
- improper (relations)
- illicit (sex)

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
- - - 53,084 29,537

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
苟 gǒu- surname Gou
苟 gǒu- (literary) if indeed
- (bound form) careless; negligent
- (bound form) temporarily
且 qiě- and
- moreover
- yet
- for the time being
- to be about to
- both (... and...)

Other Words Containing 苟且

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