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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 水泄不通
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 水泄不通 | shuǐ xiè - bù tōng | - lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom) - fig. (of crowds, traffic etc) impenetrable |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,415 | 27,060 | 36,586 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 水 | shuǐ | - surname Shui |
| 水 | shuǐ | - water - (after a name) ... River - to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) - (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy - (bound form) additional cost; extra income - classifier for washings of a garment |
| 泄 | xiè | - variant of 洩|泄[xie4] |
| 泄 | xiè | - (bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 通 | tōng | - to go through - to know well - (suffix) expert - to connect - to communicate - open - to clear - classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 | tòng | - classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
Other Words Containing 水泄不通
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 水泄不通 | - | - | 39,415 | 27,060 | 36,586 |