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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 姑息

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
姑息 gū xī - excessively tolerant
- to overindulge (sb)
- overly conciliatory
- to seek appeasement at any price

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
- - 33,889 32,625 43,495

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
姑 gū- paternal aunt
- husband's sister
- husband's mother (old)
- nun
- for the time being (literary)
息 xī- breath
- news
- interest (on an investment or loan)
- to cease
- to stop
- to rest
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]

Other Words Containing 姑息

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
姑息 - - 33,889 32,625 43,495
姑息养奸 - - 53,846 88,419 61,540