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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
chóu - to entertain
- to repay
- to return
- to reward
- to compensate
- to reply
- to answer
chóu - old variant of 酬[chou2]
chóu - variant of 酬[chou2]
chóu - variant of 酬[chou2]

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
- - 19,996 8,183 9,792

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wine

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
报酬 6 7 4,933 7,716 18,394
酬劳 - - 11,299 33,542 40,996
应酬 6 8 16,351 16,179 10,625
酬金 - - 16,951 34,551 56,128
- - 19,996 8,183 9,792
酬谢 - - 26,631 45,868 38,434
片酬 - - 27,358 - -
同工同酬 - - 55,769 59,217 78,499
稿酬 - - 56,189 37,644 52,448
酬宾 - - 59,745 35,564 19,260
天道酬勤 - - 68,008 - -