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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 喜笑颜开

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi - grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
- beaming with happiness

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
- - 42,223 46,485 53,210

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to be fond of
- to like
- to enjoy
- to be happy
- to feel pleased
- happiness
- delight
- glad
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
yán- surname Yan
yán- color
- face
- countenance
yán- Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format

Other Words Containing 喜笑颜开

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
喜笑颜开 - - 42,223 46,485 53,210