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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 辛辣

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
辛辣 xīn là - spicy hot (taste)
- fig. biting (criticism)

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
- - 29,770 22,168 13,521

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xīn- surname Xin
xīn- (of taste) hot or pungent
- hard
- laborious
- suffering
- eighth in order
- eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- ancient Chinese compass point: 285°
- octa
- hot (spicy)
- pungent
- (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
- to burn
- old variant of 辣[la4]

Other Words Containing 辛辣

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
辛辣 - - 29,770 22,168 13,521