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Definition(s) for: 八竿子打不着

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
八竿子打不着 bā gān zi dǎ bù zháo - (coll.) unrelated; lacking any connection

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
- - - - 64,577

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
八 bā- eight
竿 gān- pole
子 zǐ- son
- child
- seed
- egg
- small thing
- 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
- viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]
- ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
- subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
子 zi- (noun suffix)
打 dá- (loanword) dozen
- Taiwan pr. [da3]
打 dǎ- to beat
- to strike
- to hit
- to break
- to type
- to mix up
- to build
- to fight
- to fetch
- to make
- to tie up
- to issue
- to shoot
- to calculate
- to play (a game)
- since
- from
不 bù- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
着 zhāo- a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])
- trick; tactic
- (dialect) okay; all right
- (dialect) to put in; to add
着 zháo- to touch
- to come in contact with
- to feel
- to be affected by
- to catch fire
- to burn
- (coll.) to fall asleep
- (after a verb) hitting the mark
- succeeding in
着 zhe- aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
着 zhuó- to wear (clothes)
- to contact
- to use
- to apply

Other Words Containing 八竿子打不着

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo