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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 一锤定音
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 一锤定音 | yī chuí dìng yīn | - lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow - fig. to make the final decision |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 41,184 | 49,200 | 49,018 |
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 |
| 锤 | chuí | - hammer - to hammer into shape - weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance) - to strike with a hammer |
| 锤 | chuí | - variant of 錘|锤[chui2] |
| 定 | dìng | - to fix; to set; to make definite - to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) - to congeal; to coagulate - (literary) definitely |
| 音 | yīn | - sound - noise - note (of musical scale) - tone - news - syllable - reading (phonetic value of a character) |
Other Words Containing 一锤定音
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一锤定音 | - | - | 41,184 | 49,200 | 49,018 |