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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 吃老本
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 49,994 | 61,497 | 36,779 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 吃 | chī | - to eat; to consume - to eat at (a cafeteria etc) - to eradicate; to destroy - to absorb - to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 | chī | - variant of 吃[chi1] |
| 老 | lǎo | - prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity - old (of people) - venerable (person) - experienced - of long standing - always - all the time - of the past - very - outdated - (of meat etc) tough |
| 本 | běn | - (bound form) root; stem - (bound form) origin; source - (bound form) one's own; this - (bound form) this; the current (year etc) - (bound form) original - (bound form) inherent - originally; initially - capital; principal - classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
Other Words Containing 吃老本
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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