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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 咬牙切齿

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
咬牙切齿 yǎo yá - qiè chǐ - (idiom) to gnash one's teeth; to fume with rage

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
6 - 31,517 22,369 23,338

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǎo- to bite
- to nip
yǎo- variant of 咬[yao3]
- tooth
- ivory
- CL:顆|颗[ke1]
qiē- to cut; to slice; to carve
- (math) tangential
qiè- definitely; absolutely (not)
- (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut!
- to grind
- (bound form) close to
- (bound form) eager
- to correspond to
- (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切[fan3 qie4] system should be applied to the previous two characters)
齿 chǐ- tooth
- CL:顆|颗[ke1]

Other Words Containing 咬牙切齿

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
咬牙切齿 6 - 31,517 22,369 23,338