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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 说辞

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
说辞 shuō cí - excuse
- pretext
- entreaties
- arguments

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
- - 11,975 35,853 30,611

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shuì- to persuade
shuō- to speak; to talk; to say
- to explain; to comment
- to scold; to tell off
- (bound form) theory; doctrine
shuō- variant of 說|说[shuo1]
- old variant of 辭|辞[ci2]
- to resign
- to dismiss
- to decline
- (literary) to take leave
- (archaic poetic genre) ballad
- variant of 詞|词[ci2]

Other Words Containing 说辞

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
说辞 - - 11,975 35,853 30,611