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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 今非昔比
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 今非昔比 | jīn fēi xī bǐ | - (idiom) things are very different now; times have changed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 27,381 | 39,735 | 40,749 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 今 | jīn | - now - the present time - current - contemporary - this (day, year etc) |
| 非 | fēi | - abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa |
| 非 | fēi | - to not be; not - wrong; incorrect - non-; un-; in-; de- - to reproach; to blame - (coll.) to insist on; simply must |
| 昔 | xī | - surname Xi |
| 昔 | xī | - former times - the past - Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
| 比 | bǐ | - Belgium - Belgian - abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2] |
| 比 | bī | - euphemistic variant of 屄[bi1] |
| 比 | bǐ | - to compare - (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} - ratio - to gesture - (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
Other Words Containing 今非昔比
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 今非昔比 | - | - | 27,381 | 39,735 | 40,749 |