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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 唇齿相依

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
唇齿相依 chún chǐ xiāng yī - lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related
- interdependent

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
- - 56,209 61,941 51,021

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chún- lip
chún- variant of 唇[chun2]
齿 chǐ- tooth
- CL:顆|颗[ke1]
xiāng- surname Xiang
xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
- to depend on
- to comply with or listen to sb
- according to
- in the light of

Other Words Containing 唇齿相依

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
唇齿相依 - - 56,209 61,941 51,021