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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 吹箫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
吹箫 chuī xiāo - to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ)
- to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]
- to busk
- virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1]
- (slang) fellatio
- blowjob

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
- - - 68,083 42,635

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
吹 chuī- to blow
- to play a wind instrument
- to blast
- to puff
- to boast
- to brag
- to end in failure
- to fall through
箫 xiāo- xiao, a Chinese musical instrument of ancient times, similar to panpipes

Other Words Containing 吹箫

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