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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 寝食难安
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 寝食难安 | qǐn shí - nán ān | - lit. cannot rest or eat in peace (idiom) - fig. extremely worried and troubled |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 30,515 | 56,550 | 46,303 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 寝 | qǐn | - old variant of 寢|寝[qin3] |
| 寝 | qǐn | - (bound form) to lie down to sleep or rest - (bound form) bedroom - (bound form) imperial tomb - (literary) to stop; to cease |
| 食 | shí | - to eat - food - animal feed - eclipse |
| 食 | sì | - to feed (a person or animal) |
| 难 | nán | - difficult (to...) - problem - difficulty - difficult - not good |
| 难 | nàn | - disaster - distress - to scold |
| 安 | Ān | - surname An |
| 安 | ān | - (bound form) calm; peaceful - to calm; to set at ease - safe; secure; in good health - content; satisfied (as in 安於|安于[an1yu2]) - to place (sb) in a suitable position (job) - to install; to fix; to fit - to bring (a charge against sb) - to harbor (certain intentions) - ampere (abbr. for 安培[an1pei2]) |
Other Words Containing 寝食难安
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 寝食难安 | - | - | 30,515 | 56,550 | 46,303 |