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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 倒挂
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 倒挂 | dào guà | - lit. to hang upside down - fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) - to borrow more than one can ever repay |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,864 | 25,222 | 34,131 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 倒 | dǎo | - to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally - to fail; to go bankrupt - to overthrow - to change (trains or buses) - to move around - to resell at a profit |
| 倒 | dào | - to invert; to place upside down or frontside back - to pour out - to tip out; to dump - inverted; upside down; reversed - to go backward - contrary to what one might expect; but; yet |
| 挂 | guà | - to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) - to hang up (the phone) - (of a line) to be dead - to be worried; to be concerned - (dialect) to make a phone call - to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) - (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) - classifier for sets or clusters of objects |
Other Words Containing 倒挂
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 倒挂 | - | - | 39,864 | 25,222 | 34,131 |