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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一窍不通
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一窍不通 | yī qiào bù tōng | - lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head) - I don't understand a word (idiom) - it's all Greek to me |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 13,223 | 40,774 | 35,487 |
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 |
| 窍 | qiào | - hole - opening - orifice (of the human body) - (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem) |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 通 | tōng | - to go through - to know well - (suffix) expert - to connect - to communicate - open - to clear - classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc |
| 通 | tòng | - classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) |
Other Words Containing 一窍不通
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一窍不通 | - | - | 13,223 | 40,774 | 35,487 |