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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 九死一生
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 九死一生 | jiǔ sǐ yī shēng | - nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape - new lease of life |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,451 | 52,986 | 43,664 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 九 | jiǔ | - nine - 9 |
| 死 | sǐ | - to die - impassable - uncrossable - inflexible - rigid - extremely - damned |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
Other Words Containing 九死一生
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 九死一生 | - | - | 42,451 | 52,986 | 43,664 |