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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 聊胜于无
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 聊胜于无 | liáo shèng yú wú | - better than nothing (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 83,885 | 57,675 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 聊 | liáo | - (coll.) to chat - (literary) temporarily; for a while - (literary) somewhat; slightly - (literary) to depend upon |
| 胜 | shèng | - victory - success - to beat - to defeat - to surpass - victorious - superior to - to get the better of - better than - surpassing - superb (of vista) - beautiful (scenery) - wonderful (view) - (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear - equal to (a task) |
| 于 | yú | - surname Yu |
| 于 | yú | - to go - to take - sentence-final interrogative particle - variant of 於|于[yu2] |
| 于 | yú | - (of time or place) in; at; on - (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for - (indicating a source) from; out of - (used in comparison) than - (used in the passive voice) by |
| 无 | mó | - used in 南無|南无[na1mo2] |
| 无 | wú | - not to have - no - none - not - to lack - un- - -less |
Other Words Containing 聊胜于无
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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