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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 目不识丁
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 目不识丁 | mù bù shí dīng | - lit. the eye cannot recognize the letter T (idiom); totally illiterate |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 87,111 | 83,847 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 目 | mù | - eye - (literary) to look; to regard - eye (of a net); mesh - mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) - item; section - list; catalogue - (taxonomy) order - name; title |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 识 | shí | - to know - knowledge - Taiwan pr. [shi4] |
| 识 | zhì | - to record - to write a footnote |
| 丁 | dīng | - surname Ding |
| 丁 | dīng | - male adult - the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1gan1] - fourth (used like "4" or "D") - small cube of meat or vegetable - (literary) to encounter - (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° - (chemistry) butyl |
| 丁 | zhēng | - used in 丁丁[zheng1zheng1] |
Other Words Containing 目不识丁
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 |
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