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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 拍案

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拍案 pāi àn - lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
- fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc

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
- - - 61,216 42,499

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
pāi- to pat
- to clap
- to slap
- to swat
- to take (a photo)
- to shoot (a film)
- racket (sports)
- beat (music)
àn- (legal) case
- incident
- record
- file
- table

Other Words Containing 拍案

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
拍案叫绝 - - 54,806 62,621 50,048
拍案而起 - - 85,275 57,471 43,534