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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 丧家之犬
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 丧家之犬 | sàng jiā zhī quǎn | - lit. stray dog (idiom) - fig. one who has nothing to rely on |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,482 | 76,682 | 83,395 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 丧 | sāng | - mourning - funeral - (old) corpse |
| 丧 | sàng | - to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) - to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) - to die - disappointed - discouraged |
| 家 | jiā | - home - family - (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) - classifier for families or businesses - refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China - noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 家 | jiā | - used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4] |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 犬 | quǎn | - dog - Kangxi radical 94 |
Other Words Containing 丧家之犬
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 丧家之犬 | - | - | 42,482 | 76,682 | 83,395 |