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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不苟言笑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - 35,996 53,606 57,235

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
gǒu- surname Gou
gǒu- (literary) if indeed
- (bound form) careless; negligent
- (bound form) temporarily
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]

Other Words Containing 不苟言笑

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