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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 锻炼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
锻炼 duàn liàn - to toughen
- to temper
- to engage in physical exercise
- to work out
- (fig.) to develop one's skills
- to train oneself

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 4 4,303 3,226 3,120

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
duàn- to forge
- to discipline
- wrought
liàn- to refine
- to smelt
liàn- variant of 鏈|链[lian4], chain
- variant of 煉|炼[lian4]

Other Words Containing 锻炼

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
锻炼 3 4 4,303 3,226 3,120