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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 荤菜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
荤菜 hūn cài - non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)

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
- - 60,569 53,162 29,503

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hūn- strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
- non-vegetarian food (meat, fish etc)
- vulgar
- obscene
xūn- used in 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1yu4]
cài- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
- (coll.) (one's) type

Other Words Containing 荤菜

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
荤菜 - - 60,569 53,162 29,503