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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
sāo - (bound form) to disturb; to disrupt
- flirty; coquettish
- abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]
- (literary) literary writings; poetry
- foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1])
- (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male

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
- - 6,851 7,263 2,532

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A flea 蚤 biting a horse 马; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation

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
骚扰 - 7 3,666 9,578 6,777
性骚扰 - - 5,431 19,392 26,716
- - 6,851 7,263 2,532
骚乱 - 8 10,746 13,188 30,432
发牢骚 - - 11,034 30,385 16,046
骚动 - - 13,822 20,705 12,192
风骚 - - 14,212 19,303 9,295
牢骚 6 - 15,361 24,129 13,696
拿骚 - - 21,840 - -
满腹牢骚 - - 49,872 95,874 77,423
独领风骚 - - 67,824 41,276 34,183
骚客 - - 69,274 82,245 51,354