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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 喜出望外
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 喜出望外 | xǐ chū wàng wài | - to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) - overjoyed at the turn of events |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 9 | 29,411 | 29,963 | 42,138 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 喜 | xǐ | - to be fond of - to like - to enjoy - to be happy - to feel pleased - happiness - delight - glad |
| 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) |
| 望 | wàng | - full moon - to hope - to expect - to visit - to gaze (into the distance) - to look towards - towards |
| 望 | wàng | - 15th day of month (lunar calendar) - old variant of 望[wang4] |
| 外 | wài | - outside - in addition - foreign - external |
Other Words Containing 喜出望外
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 喜出望外 | - | 9 | 29,411 | 29,963 | 42,138 |