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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 起用
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 起用 | qǐ yòng | - to promote - to reinstate (in a position or job) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,416 | 25,043 | 24,069 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 起 | qǐ | - to rise - to raise - to get up - to set out - to start - to appear - to launch - to initiate (action) - to draft - to establish - to get (from a depot or counter) - verb suffix, to start - starting from (a time, place, price etc) - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance - classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 用 | yòng | - to use; to make use of; to employ - (coverb) with; using - to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) - usefulness; utility - (bound form) expense; outlay - (courteous) to eat; to drink - (literary) hence; therefore |
Other Words Containing 起用
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 起用 | - | - | 39,416 | 25,043 | 24,069 |