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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 口是心非

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
口是心非 kǒu shì xīn fēi - duplicity
- hypocrisy (idiom)

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
- - - 33,286 13,835

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kǒu- mouth
- classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)
- classifier for bites or mouthfuls
shì- to be (followed by substantives only)
- correct; right; true
- (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well
- (adverb for emphatic assertion)
shì- variant of 是[shi4]
xīn- heart
- mind
- intention
- center
- core
- CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
fēi- abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
fēi- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
- to reproach; to blame
- (coll.) to insist on; simply must

Other Words Containing 口是心非

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo