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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 东倒西歪
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 东倒西歪 | dōng dǎo xī wāi | - to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) - to sway - (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,961 | 44,159 | 38,446 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 东 | dōng | - surname Dong |
| 东 | dōng | - east - host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) - landlord |
| 倒 | dǎo | - to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally - to fail; to go bankrupt - to overthrow - to change (trains or buses) - to move around - to resell at a profit |
| 倒 | dào | - to invert; to place upside down or frontside back - to pour out - to tip out; to dump - inverted; upside down; reversed - to go backward - contrary to what one might expect; but; yet |
| 西 | xī | - the West - abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] - Spanish |
| 西 | xī | - west |
| 歪 | wāi | - askew - at a crooked angle - devious - noxious - (coll.) to lie on one's side |
| 歪 | wǎi | - to sprain (one's ankle) (Tw) |
Other Words Containing 东倒西歪
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 东倒西歪 | - | - | 36,961 | 44,159 | 38,446 |