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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 五光十色

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
五光十色 wǔ guāng - shí sè - (idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy

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
- - 52,904 44,868 36,590

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
五 wǔ- five
- 5
光 guāng- light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
十 shí- ten
- 10
色 sè- color
- CL:種|种[zhong3]
- look
- appearance
- sex
色 shǎi- (coll.) color
- used in 色子[shai3zi5]

Other Words Containing 五光十色

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
五光十色 - - 52,904 44,868 36,590