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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 才高八斗
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 才高八斗 | cái gāo - bā dǒu | - (idiom) of great talent |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 82,766 | 47,900 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 才 | cái | - ability; talent - sb of a certain type - a capable individual - then and only then - just now - (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 才 | cái | - (variant of 才[cai2]) just now - (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only |
| 高 | gāo | - surname Gao |
| 高 | gāo | - high - tall - above average - loud - your (honorific) |
| 八 | bā | - eight |
| 斗 | dǒu | - abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1] |
| 斗 | dǒu | - dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] - decaliter - peck - cup or dipper shaped object - old variant of 陡[dou3] |
| 斗 | dòu | - to fight - to struggle - to condemn - to censure - to contend - to put together - coming together |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬭|斗[dou4] |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4] |
| 斗 | dòu | - variant of 鬥|斗[dou4] |
Other Words Containing 才高八斗
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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