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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 滴水成冰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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
- - - 87,325 68,182

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- a drop
- to drip
shuǐ- surname Shui
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
chéng- surname Cheng
- short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1]
chéng- to succeed
- to finish
- to complete
- to accomplish
- to become
- to turn into
- to be all right
- OK!
- one tenth
bīng- ice
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- to chill sth
- (of an object or substance) to feel cold
- (of a person) cold
- unfriendly
- (slang) methamphetamine
bīng- variant of 冰[bing1]

Other Words Containing 滴水成冰

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