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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 后起之秀
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 后起之秀 | hòu qǐ zhī xiù | - (idiom) an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 23,497 | 37,457 | 57,397 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 后 | hòu | - surname Hou |
| 后 | hòu | - empress - queen - (archaic) monarch - ruler |
| 后 | hòu | - back - behind - rear - afterwards - after - later - post- |
| 起 | qǐ | - to rise - to raise - to get up - to set out - to start - to appear - to launch - to initiate (action) - to draft - to establish - to get (from a depot or counter) - verb suffix, to start - starting from (a time, place, price etc) - classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance - classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 秀 | xiù | - (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful - (bound form) superior; excellent - (loanword) show - (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears |
Other Words Containing 后起之秀
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 后起之秀 | - | - | 23,497 | 37,457 | 57,397 |