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Definition(s) for: 余音绕梁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
余音绕梁 yú yīn rào liáng - reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

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
- - - 89,899 57,531

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- surname Yu
- (literary) I; me
- variant of 餘|余[yu2]
- extra
- surplus
- remaining
- remainder after division
- (following numerical value) or more
- in excess of (some number)
- residue (math.)
- after
- I
- me
yīn- sound
- noise
- note (of musical scale)
- tone
- news
- syllable
- reading (phonetic value of a character)
rào- to wind
- to coil (thread)
- to rotate around
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
- to confuse
- to perplex
rào- variant of 繞|绕[rao4], to rotate around
- to spiral
- to move around
- to go round (an obstacle)
- to by-pass
- to make a detour
liáng- Liang Dynasty (502-557)
- Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)
- surname Liang
liáng- roof beam
- beam (structure)
- bridge
liáng- variant of 梁[liang2]

Other Words Containing 余音绕梁

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo