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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
jiào - (bound form) to compare
- (literary) to dispute
- compared to
- (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather
- also pr. [jiao3]

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
- 3 5,037 638 2,875

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Other Words Containing

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
比较 3 3 914 302 595
- 3 5,037 638 2,875
较量 6 7 9,358 7,383 17,208
计较 6 8 10,536 7,886 3,612
较劲 - 9 18,619 24,586 14,716
较真 - - 20,726 24,798 13,262
斤斤计较 - - 25,588 25,395 12,259
较为 - - 26,750 2,751 9,761
比较文学 - - 49,628 - -
较真儿 - - 49,960 - -
锱铢必较 - - 64,869 91,916 63,042