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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 势利眼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
势利眼 shì lì yǎn - to be self-interested

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
- - 32,165 69,118 34,147

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- power
- influence
- potential
- momentum
- tendency
- trend
- situation
- conditions
- outward appearance
- sign
- gesture
- male genitals
- surname Li
- sharp
- favorable
- advantage
- benefit
- profit
- interest
- to do good to
- to benefit
yǎn- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
- (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

Other Words Containing 势利眼

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
势利眼 - - 32,165 69,118 34,147