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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 刨根问底
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 刨根问底 | páo gēn wèn dǐ | - to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 24,126 | 69,438 | 50,747 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 刨 | bào | - carpenter's plane - to plane (woodwork) - to shave off - to peel (with a potato peeler etc) |
| 刨 | páo | - to dig - to excavate - (coll.) to exclude - not to count - to deduct - to subtract |
| 刨 | bào | - variant of 刨[bao4] |
| 根 | gēn | - root - basis - classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings - CL:條|条[tiao2] - radical (chemistry) |
| 问 | wèn | - to ask; to inquire |
| 底 | de | - (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) |
| 底 | dǐ | - bottom; base - background; foundation - copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record - (suffix) end of a year or month - (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4]) |
Other Words Containing 刨根问底
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 刨根问底 | - | - | 24,126 | 69,438 | 50,747 |