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Definition(s) for: 呼之即来

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
呼之即来 hū zhī jí lái - to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
- always at sb's beck and call

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
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to call
- to cry
- to shout
- to breath out
- to exhale
- variant of 呼[hu1]
- to shout
- to call out
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
- namely
- that is
- i.e.
- prompt
- at once
- at present
- even if
- prompted (by the occasion)
- to approach
- to come into contact
- to assume (office)
- to draw near
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])

Other Words Containing 呼之即来

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