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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 小菜一碟
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 小菜一碟 | xiǎo cài yī dié | - a small appetizer - a piece of cake; very easy (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 46,787 | 31,879 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 菜 | cài | - vegetable; greens (CL:棵[ke1]) - dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) - (of one's skills etc) weak; poor - (coll.) (one's) type |
| 一 | yī | - one - single - a (article) - as soon as - entire; whole; all; throughout - "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) - also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 碟 | dié | - dish - plate |
Other Words Containing 小菜一碟
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 |
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