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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 倒挂金钟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 61,704 | - | 112,796 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 倒 | dǎo | - to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally - to fail; to go bankrupt - to overthrow - to change (trains or buses) - to move around - to resell at a profit |
| 倒 | dào | - to invert; to place upside down or frontside back - to pour out - to tip out; to dump - inverted; upside down; reversed - to go backward - contrary to what one might expect; but; yet |
| 挂 | guà | - to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) - to hang up (the phone) - (of a line) to be dead - to be worried; to be concerned - (dialect) to make a phone call - to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) - (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) - classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
| 金 | jīn | - surname Jin - surname Kim (Korean) - Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) |
| 金 | jīn | - gold - chemical element Au - generic term for lustrous and ductile metals - money - golden - highly respected - one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1] |
| 钟 | zhōng | - surname Zhong |
| 钟 | zhōng | - handleless cup; goblet - (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc) - variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1] |
| 钟 | zhōng | - a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4]) - clock (CL:座[zuo4]) - amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc) |
Other Words Containing 倒挂金钟
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 |
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