Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 巧立名目

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù - to fabricate excuses (idiom)
- to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)

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
- - - 52,119 71,039

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qiǎo- opportunely
- coincidentally
- as it happens
- skillful
- timely
- surname Li
- to stand
- to set up
- to establish
- to lay down
- to draw up
- at once
- immediately
míng- name
- noun (part of speech)
- place (e.g. among winners)
- famous
- classifier for people
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title

Other Words Containing 巧立名目

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