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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 呼之欲出
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 呼之欲出 | hū zhī yù chū | - lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom) - fig. on the verge of coming out into the open - (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed - (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 46,305 | 31,509 | 29,080 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 呼 | hū | - to call - to cry - to shout - to breath out - to exhale |
| 呼 | hū | - variant of 呼[hu1] - to shout - to call out |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 欲 | yù | - to wish for - to desire - variant of 慾|欲[yu4] |
| 欲 | yù | - desire - appetite - passion - lust - greed |
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
Other Words Containing 呼之欲出
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 呼之欲出 | - | - | 46,305 | 31,509 | 29,080 |