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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 家喻户晓
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 家喻户晓 | jiā yù hù xiǎo | - understood by everyone (idiom); well known - a household name |
List Ranking for: 家喻户晓
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 7 | 20,580 | 19,414 | 33,516 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 家 | jiā | - home - family - (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) - classifier for families or businesses - refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China - noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 家 | jiā | - used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4] |
| 喻 | yù | - surname Yu |
| 喻 | yù | - to describe sth as - an analogy - a simile - a metaphor - an allegory |
| 户 | hù | - a household - door - family |
| 晓 | xiǎo | - dawn - daybreak - to know - to let sb know - to make explicit |
Other Words Containing 家喻户晓
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 (2025) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 家喻户晓 | 6 | 7 | 20,580 | 19,414 | 33,516 |