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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
- 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
qiào- hole
- opening
- orifice (of the human body)
- (fig.) key (to the solution of a problem)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
tōng- to go through
- to know well
- (suffix) expert
- to connect
- to communicate
- open
- to clear
- classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
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