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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 八面玲珑
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 八面玲珑 | bā miàn líng lóng | - be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 40,007 | 61,245 | 39,174 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 八 | bā | - eight |
| 面 | miàn | - face - side - surface - aspect - top - classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc |
| 面 | miàn | - variant of 麵|面[mian4] |
| 面 | miàn | - flour - noodles - (of food) soft (not crunchy) - (slang) (of a person) ineffectual - spineless |
| 玲 | líng | - (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) - tinkling of gem-pendants |
| 珑 | lóng | - tinkling of gem-pendants |
Other Words Containing 八面玲珑
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 八面玲珑 | - | - | 40,007 | 61,245 | 39,174 |