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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 蹉跎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
蹉跎 cuō tuó - (literary) to slip
- (of looks etc) to fade away
- (of time) to slip away
- to squander (time, opportunities); to dillydally

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
- - 64,257 39,102 16,381

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
cuō- to error
- to slip
- to miss
- to err
tuó- to stumble
- to waste time

Other Words Containing 蹉跎

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
蹉跎 - - 64,257 39,102 16,381