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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 危言耸听
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 危言耸听 | wēi yán sǒng tīng | - frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk - reds under the beds |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 29,864 | 35,894 | 33,813 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 危 | wēi | - surname Wei |
| 危 | wēi | - danger - to endanger - Taiwan pr. [wei2] |
| 言 | yán | - words - speech - to say - to talk |
| 耸 | sǒng | - to excite - to raise up - to shrug - high - lofty - towering |
| 听 | yǐn | - smile (archaic) |
| 听 | tīng | - to listen to; to hear - to heed; to obey - a can (loanword from English "tin") - classifier for canned beverages - to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) - (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) |
Other Words Containing 危言耸听
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 危言耸听 | - | - | 29,864 | 35,894 | 33,813 |