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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大同小异

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大同小异 dà tóng xiǎo yì - virtually the same
- differing only on small points

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 32,384 30,933 36,588

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
tóng- like
- same
- similar
- together
- alike
- with
tòng- see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
- different
- other
- hetero-
- unusual
- strange
- surprising
- to distinguish
- to separate
- to discriminate

Other Words Containing 大同小异

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
大同小异 - 9 32,384 30,933 36,588