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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 可想而知

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
可想而知 kě xiǎng ér zhī - (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined

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
- 9 27,147 13,063 18,108

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
xiǎng- to think (about)
- to think of; to devise
- to think (that); to believe (that)
- to desire; to want (to)
- to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
zhī- to know
- to be aware

Other Words Containing 可想而知

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
可想而知 - 9 27,147 13,063 18,108