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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 麻黄素

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
麻黄素 má huáng sù - ephedrine

List Ranking for: 麻黄素

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 31,916 61,625 111,180

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
麻 má- surname Ma
麻 má- 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
麻 má- hemp (variant of 麻[ma2])
黄 huáng- surname Huang or Hwang
黄 huáng- yellow
- pornographic
- to fall through
素 sù- raw silk
- white
- plain, unadorned
- vegetarian (food)
- essence
- nature
- element
- constituent
- usually
- always
- ever

Other Words Containing 麻黄素

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
麻黄素 - - 31,916 61,625 111,180