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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 小道

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
小道 xiǎo dào - bypath
- trail
- bribery as a means of achieving a goal
- minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)

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
- - 14,662 22,623 20,827

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiǎo- small
- tiny
- few
- young
dào- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3])
- (bound form) way; reason; principle
- (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization
- (Daoism) the Way; the Dao
- to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel)
- (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words)
- classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process
- (old) circuit (administrative division)

Other Words Containing 小道

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
小道 - - 14,662 22,623 20,827
小道消息 - - 16,593 36,947 23,598
羊肠小道 - - 58,185 66,514 64,590