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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 刮目相看

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
刮目相看 guā mù xiāng kàn - to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
- to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)

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
- - 12,237 22,296 22,391

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
刮 guā- to scrape
- to blow
- to shave
- to plunder
- to extort
刮 guā- to blow (of the wind)
目 mù- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
看 kān- to look after
- to take care of
- to watch
- to guard
看 kàn- to see; to look at
- to read
- to watch
- to visit; to call on
- to consider; to regard as
- to look after
- to treat (a patient or illness)
- to depend on
- to feel (that)
- (after a verb) to give it a try
- to watch out for

Other Words Containing 刮目相看

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
刮目相看 - - 12,237 22,296 22,391