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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 九霄云外

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
九霄云外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài - beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- unimaginably far away

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
- - 35,062 51,451 43,672

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
九 jiǔ- nine
- 9
霄 xiāo- firmament
- heaven
云 yún- (classical) to say
云 yún- surname Yun
- abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3]
云 yún- cloud
- CL:朵[duo3]
外 wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external

Other Words Containing 九霄云外

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
九霄云外 - - 35,062 51,451 43,672