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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 小道消息
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 小道消息 | xiǎo dào xiāo xi | - hearsay - gossip |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 16,593 | 36,947 | 23,598 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 道 | 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) |
| 消 | xiāo | - to diminish; to subside - to consume; to reduce - to idle away (the time) - (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take |
| 息 | xī | - breath - news - interest (on an investment or loan) - to cease - to stop - to rest - Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
Other Words Containing 小道消息
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 小道消息 | - | - | 16,593 | 36,947 | 23,598 |