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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 麻木

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
麻木 má mù - numb
- insensitive
- apathetic

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 8 9,641 9,494 5,571

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Ma
- generic name for hemp, flax etc
- hemp or flax fiber for textile materials
- sesame
- CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
- (of materials) rough or coarse
- pocked
- pitted
- to have pins and needles or tingling
- to feel numb
- hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])
- surname Mu
- (bound form) tree
- (bound form) wood
- unresponsive; numb; wooden

Other Words Containing 麻木

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
麻木 6 8 9,641 9,494 5,571
麻木不仁 - - 29,003 46,587 29,229