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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 韭菜

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
韭菜 jiǔ cài - garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives
- (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives)

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
- - 54,673 18,533 8,510

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
韭 jiǔ- leek
韭 jiǔ- variant of 韭[jiu3]
菜 cài- vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1])
- dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2])
- (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
- (coll.) (one's) type

Other Words Containing 韭菜

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
韭菜 - - 54,673 18,533 8,510