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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 争先恐后
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 争先恐后 | zhēng xiān kǒng hòu | - striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 31,693 | 24,143 | 29,122 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 争 | zhēng | - to strive for - to vie for - to argue or debate - deficient or lacking (dialect) - how or what (literary) |
| 先 | xiān | - beforehand; first; earlier - at first; originally - for the time being; for now - (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself) |
| 恐 | kǒng | - afraid - frightened - to fear |
| 后 | hòu | - surname Hou |
| 后 | hòu | - empress - queen - (archaic) monarch - ruler |
| 后 | hòu | - back - behind - rear - afterwards - after - later - post- |
Other Words Containing 争先恐后
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 争先恐后 | 6 | 9 | 31,693 | 24,143 | 29,122 |