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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 层出不穷
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 层出不穷 | céng chū bù qióng | - more and more emerge - innumerable succession - breeding like flies (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9 | 31,144 | 14,245 | 17,040 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 层 | céng | - to pile on top of one another - layer; stratum - floor (of a building); story - (math.) sheaf - classifier for layers |
| 出 | chū | - to go out; to come out - to arise; to occur - to produce; to yield - to go beyond; to exceed - (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) - classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 | chū | - variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 穷 | qióng | - poor - destitute - to use up - to exhaust - thoroughly - extremely - (coll.) persistently and pointlessly |
Other Words Containing 层出不穷
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 层出不穷 | 6 | 9 | 31,144 | 14,245 | 17,040 |