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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 伏笔
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 伏笔 | fú bǐ | - foreshadowing (literary device); foretaste of material to come (in an essay or story) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 95,817 | 30,606 | 26,420 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 伏 | fú | - surname Fu |
| 伏 | fú | - to lean over - to fall (go down) - to hide (in ambush) - to conceal oneself - to lie low - hottest days of summer - to submit - to concede defeat - to overcome - to subdue - volt |
| 笔 | bǐ | - pen - pencil - writing brush - to write or compose - the strokes of Chinese characters - classifier for sums of money, deals - CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1] |
Other Words Containing 伏笔
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 伏笔 | - | - | 95,817 | 30,606 | 26,420 |