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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 奄奄一息

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
奄奄一息 yǎn yǎn yī xī - dying
- at one's last gasp

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
- - 14,704 29,365 28,065

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǎn- surname Yan
yān- variant of 閹|阉[yan1]
- to castrate
- variant of 淹[yan1]
- to delay
yǎn- suddenly
- abruptly
- hastily
- to cover
- to surround
yǎn- surname Yan
yān- variant of 閹|阉[yan1]
- to castrate
- variant of 淹[yan1]
- to delay
yǎn- suddenly
- abruptly
- hastily
- to cover
- to surround
- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- breath
- news
- interest (on an investment or loan)
- to cease
- to stop
- to rest
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Other Words Containing 奄奄一息

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
奄奄一息 - - 14,704 29,365 28,065