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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 堂而皇之

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
堂而皇之 táng ér huáng zhī - overt
- to make no secret (of one's presence)
- grandiose
- with great scope

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
- - 37,208 31,928 33,684

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
táng- (main) hall
- large room for a specific purpose
- CL:間|间[jian1]
- relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
- of the same clan
- classifier for classes, lectures etc
- classifier for sets of furniture
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
huáng- surname Huang
huáng- emperor
- old variant of 惶[huang2]
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it

Other Words Containing 堂而皇之

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
堂而皇之 - - 37,208 31,928 33,684