Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- surname Yu
- to describe sth as
- an analogy
- a simile
- a metaphor
- an allegory

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
- - 15,044 14,767 17,134

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

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
比喻 6 8 6,594 10,707 9,919
不可理喻 - - 9,572 37,150 20,448
- - 15,044 14,767 17,134
隐喻 - - 17,196 33,289 29,319
家喻户晓 6 9 20,580 19,414 33,516
暗喻 - - 21,551 68,559 48,574
不言而喻 6 - 23,274 17,869 26,145
明喻 - - 55,466 - -