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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吃闲饭

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吃闲饭 chī xián fàn - to lead an idle life; to be a loafer

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
- - 58,190 97,171 75,094

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chī- to eat; to consume
- to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- to eradicate; to destroy
- to absorb
- to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
chī- variant of 吃[chi1]
xián- enclosure
- (variant of 閒|闲[xian2]) idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
xián- idle
- unoccupied
- leisure
fàn- cooked rice
- CL:碗[wan3]
- meal
- CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- (loanword) fan
- devotee

Other Words Containing 吃闲饭

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
吃闲饭 - - 58,190 97,171 75,094