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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 不妙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
不妙 bù miào - (of a turn of events) not too encouraging
- far from good
- anything but reassuring

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
- - 3,525 14,770 24,316

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
miào- clever
- wonderful
miào- variant of 妙[miao4]

Other Words Containing 不妙

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
不妙 - - 3,525 14,770 24,316