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Definition(s) for: 竹篮打水一场空

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
- - - 81,209 70,999

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
竹 zhú- bamboo
- CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1]
- Kangxi radical 118
篮 lán- basket (receptacle)
- basket (in basketball)
打 dá- (loanword) dozen
- Taiwan pr. [da3]
打 dǎ- to beat
- to strike
- to hit
- to break
- to type
- to mix up
- to build
- to fight
- to fetch
- to make
- to tie up
- to issue
- to shoot
- to calculate
- to play (a game)
- since
- from
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
一 yī- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
场 cháng- threshing floor
- classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
场 chǎng- large place used for a specific purpose
- stage
- scene (of a play)
- classifier for sporting or recreational activities
- classifier for number of exams
场 cháng- variant of 場|场[chang2]
场 chǎng- variant of 場|场[chang3]
空 kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
空 kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time

Other Words Containing 竹篮打水一场空

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo