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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
- eight
miàn- face
- side
- surface
- aspect
- top
- classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc
miàn- variant of 麵|面[mian4]
miàn- flour
- noodles
- (of food) soft (not crunchy)
- (slang) (of a person) ineffectual
- spineless
líng- (onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)
- tinkling of gem-pendants
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