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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 守口如瓶
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 守口如瓶 | shǒu kǒu rú píng | - lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped - reticent - not breathing a word |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 11,844 | 50,696 | 58,113 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 守 | shǒu | - to guard - to defend - to keep watch - to abide by the law - to observe (rules or ritual) - nearby - adjoining |
| 口 | kǒu | - mouth - classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) - classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 如 | rú | - as - as if - such as |
| 瓶 | píng | - bottle - vase - pitcher - CL:個|个[ge4] - classifier for wine and liquids |
| 瓶 | píng | - variant of 瓶[ping2] |
Other Words Containing 守口如瓶
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 守口如瓶 | - | - | 11,844 | 50,696 | 58,113 |