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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 冠冕堂皇
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 冠冕堂皇 | guān miǎn táng huáng | - high-sounding - dignified - pompous (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 24,536 | 34,879 | 26,042 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 冠 | guàn | - surname Guan |
| 冠 | guān | - hat - crown - crest - cap |
| 冠 | guàn | - to put on a hat - to be first - to dub |
| 冕 | miǎn | - crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations - imperial crown |
| 堂 | táng | - (main) hall - large room for a specific purpose - CL:間|间[jian1] - relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family - of the same clan - classifier for classes, lectures etc - classifier for sets of furniture |
| 皇 | huáng | - surname Huang |
| 皇 | huáng | - emperor - old variant of 惶[huang2] |
Other Words Containing 冠冕堂皇
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 冠冕堂皇 | - | - | 24,536 | 34,879 | 26,042 |