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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 阿斗
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 阿斗 | Ā dǒu | - A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 - (fig.) weak and inept person |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 55,230 | 40,896 | 29,876 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 阿 | Ā | - abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1er3ji2li4ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1fu4han4] etc |
| 阿 | ā | - prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity - used in transliteration - also pr. [a4] |
| 阿 | ē | - (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 斗 | dǒu | - abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] |
| 斗 | dǒu | - dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] - decaliter - peck - cup or dipper shaped object - old variant of 陡[dou3] |
| 斗 | dòu | - to fight - to struggle - to condemn - to censure - to contend - to put together - coming together |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬭|斗[dou4] |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4] |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4] |
Other Words Containing 阿斗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿斗 | - | - | 55,230 | 40,896 | 29,876 |