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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
hòu- surname Hou
hòu- empress
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
hòu- back
- behind
- rear
- afterwards
- after
- later
- post-
- 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
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
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