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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 鞭毛

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
鞭毛 biān máo - flagellum

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
- - 68,045 91,862 -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
biān- whip or lash
- to flog
- to whip
- conductor's baton
- segmented iron weapon (old)
- penis (of animal, served as food)
máo- surname Mao
máo- hair
- feather
- down
- wool
- mildew
- mold
- coarse or semifinished
- young
- raw
- careless
- unthinking
- nervous
- scared
- (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
- classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])

Other Words Containing 鞭毛

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
鞭毛 - - 68,045 91,862 -