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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 垂涎三尺
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 垂涎三尺 | chuí xián sān chǐ | - to drool (over) (idiom) - to yearn for - to covet - to crave |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 56,681 | 47,683 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 垂 | chuí | - to hang (down) - droop - dangle - bend down - hand down - bequeath - nearly - almost - to approach |
| 涎 | xián | - saliva |
| 涎 | xián | - variant of 涎[xian2] |
| 三 | sān | - surname San |
| 三 | sān | - three - 3 |
| 尺 | chě | - one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3] |
| 尺 | chǐ | - a Chinese foot - one-third of a meter - a ruler - a tape-measure - one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine - CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] |
Other Words Containing 垂涎三尺
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 |
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