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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不可言喻

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不可言喻 bù kě yán yù - inexpressible (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
- - - 97,040 62,834

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- (prefix) can; may; able to; -able
- to approve; to permit
- to suit
- (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very
- but; however
- used in 可汗[ke4 han2]
yán- words
- speech
- to say
- to talk
- surname Yu
- to describe sth as
- an analogy
- a simile
- a metaphor
- an allegory

Other Words Containing 不可言喻

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo