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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 孤苦伶仃

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng - solitary and impoverished (idiom)

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
- - 35,116 66,425 42,289

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
孤 gū- lone
- lonely
苦 kǔ- bitter
- hardship
- pain
- to suffer
- to bring suffering to
- painstakingly
伶 líng- (old) actor; actress
- (meaningless bound form)
仃 dīng- used in 伶仃[ling2ding1]

Other Words Containing 孤苦伶仃

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
孤苦伶仃 - - 35,116 66,425 42,289