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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
- surname Fu
- 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
- 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