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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 咬文嚼字
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 咬文嚼字 | yǎo wén jiáo zì | - to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 61,461 | 41,015 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 咬 | yǎo | - to bite - to nip |
| 咬 | yǎo | - variant of 咬[yao3] |
| 文 | wén | - surname Wen |
| 文 | wén | - language - culture - writing - formal - literary - gentle - (old) classifier for coins - Kangxi radical 67 |
| 嚼 | jiáo | - to chew - also pr. [jue2] |
| 嚼 | jiào | - used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4] |
| 字 | zì | - letter - symbol - character - word - CL:個|个[ge4] - courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
Other Words Containing 咬文嚼字
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 |
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