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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 虫草

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
虫草 chóng cǎo - see 冬蟲夏草|冬虫夏草[dong1chong2-xia4cao3]

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
- - - 30,372 24,775

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chóng- variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
chóng- lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
- CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]
- (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
cǎo- grass
- straw
- manuscript
- draft (of a document)
- careless
- rough
- CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
cào- variant of 肏[cao4]
cǎo- variant of 草[cao3]

Other Words Containing 虫草

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