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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 乌烟瘴气

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
乌烟瘴气 wū yān zhàng qì - billowing smoke (idiom)
- foul atmosphere
- (fig.) murky atmosphere
- in a turmoil

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
- - 24,130 46,263 32,146

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1ke4lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1zi1bie2ke4si1tan3] etc
- surname Wu
- crow
- black
- used in 烏拉|乌拉[wu4la5]
- used in 烏拉草|乌拉草[wu4la5cao3]
yān- cigarette or pipe tobacco
- CL:根[gen1]
- smoke
- mist
- vapour
- CL:縷|缕[lu:3]
- tobacco plant
- (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke
yān- tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yan1])
zhàng- malaria
- miasma
- gas; air
- smell
- weather
- to make angry; to annoy; to get angry
- vital energy; qi

Other Words Containing 乌烟瘴气

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
乌烟瘴气 - - 24,130 46,263 32,146