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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吊儿郎当

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吊儿郎当 diào r láng dāng - sloppy

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
- - - 57,824 35,377

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
diào- to suspend
- to hang up
- to hang a person
diào- a string of 100 cash (arch.)
- to lament
- to condole with
- variant of 吊[diao4]
rén- variant of 人[ren2]
- "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 etc
ér- child
- son
r- non-syllabic diminutive suffix
- retroflex final
láng- surname Lang
láng- (arch.) minister
- official
- noun prefix denoting function or status
- a youth
dāng- (onom.) dong
- ding dong (bell)
dāng- to be
- to act as
- manage
- withstand
- when
- during
- ought
- should
- match equally
- equal
- same
- obstruct
- just at (a time or place)
- on the spot
- right
- just at
dàng- at or in the very same...
- suitable
- adequate
- fitting
- proper
- to replace
- to regard as
- to think
- to pawn
- (coll.) to fail (a student)

Other Words Containing 吊儿郎当

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