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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 举手投足
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 举手投足 | jǔ shǒu tóu zú | - one's every movement (idiom) - comportment - gestures |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,790 | 27,042 | 17,122 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 举 | jǔ | - variant of 舉|举[ju3] |
| 举 | jǔ | - to lift - to hold up - to cite - to enumerate - to act - to raise - to choose - to elect - act - move - deed |
| 手 | shǒu | - hand - (formal) to hold - person engaged in certain types of work - person skilled in certain types of work - personal(ly) - convenient - classifier for skill - CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] |
| 投 | tóu | - to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) - to cast (a ballot) - to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) - to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) - to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) - to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) - to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of - (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water |
| 足 | jù | - excessive |
| 足 | zú | - (bound form) foot; leg - sufficient; ample - as much as; fully |
Other Words Containing 举手投足
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 举手投足 | - | - | 37,790 | 27,042 | 17,122 |