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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 猴年马月

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
猴年马月 hóu nián mǎ yuè - long time off
- time that will never come

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
- - - 73,338 39,054

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
hóu- monkey
- CL:隻|只[zhi1]
nián- surname Nian
nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess
yuè- moon
- month
- monthly
- CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

Other Words Containing 猴年马月

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