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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一时半刻
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一时半刻 | yī shí - bàn kè | - (idiom) a short time; a little while |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 82,361 | 89,606 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 时 | shí | - old variant of 時|时[shi2] |
| 时 | shí | - surname Shi |
| 时 | shí | - o'clock - time - when - hour - season - period |
| 半 | bàn | - half - semi- - incomplete - (after a number) and a half |
| 刻 | kè | - quarter (hour) - moment - to carve - to engrave - to cut - oppressive - classifier for short time intervals |
Other Words Containing 一时半刻
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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