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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 揭不开锅

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
揭不开锅 jiē bù kāi guō - to be unable to afford food

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
- - - 93,943 63,773

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiē- surname Jie
jiē- to take the lid off
- to expose
- to unmask
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
guō- pot; pan; wok; cauldron
- pot-shaped thing
- CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 揭不开锅

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