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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 之乎者也
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 之乎者也 | zhī hū zhě yě | - lit. 之[zhi1], 乎[hu1], 者[zhe3] and 也[ye3] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 97,005 | 76,366 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 乎 | hū | - (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in - at - from - because - than - (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment) |
| 者 | zhě | - (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... - (after a noun) person involved in ... - -er - -ist - (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) - (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) - (old) (used at the end of a command) - (old) this |
| 也 | yě | - surname Ye |
| 也 | yě | - also; too; as well; (not ...) either - (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) - (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5] |
Other Words Containing 之乎者也
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 |
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