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Definition(s) for: 华灯初上

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
华灯初上 huá dēng chū shàng - early evening when lanterns are first lit

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
- - - 51,345 33,644

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huá- abbr. for China
huà- Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi
- surname Hua
huā- old variant of 花[hua1]
- flower
huá- magnificent
- splendid
- flowery
dēng- lamp
- light
- lantern
- CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
chū- at first
- (at the) beginning
- first
- junior
- basic
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
shàng- (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
- first (of multiple parts)
- to climb; to get onto; to go up
- to attend (class or university)
- (directional complement) up
- (noun suffix) on; above

Other Words Containing 华灯初上

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