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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 呼风唤雨
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 呼风唤雨 | hū fēng huàn yǔ | - to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers - fig. to stir up troubles |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 26,980 | 37,044 | 29,460 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 呼 | hū | - to call - to cry - to shout - to breath out - to exhale |
| 呼 | hū | - variant of 呼[hu1] - to shout - to call out |
| 风 | fēng | - wind - news - style - custom - manner - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1] |
| 唤 | huàn | - to call |
| 雨 | yǔ | - rain - CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2] |
| 雨 | yù | - (literary) to rain - (of rain, snow etc) to fall - to precipitate - to wet |
Other Words Containing 呼风唤雨
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 呼风唤雨 | - | 9 | 26,980 | 37,044 | 29,460 |