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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 差强人意

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
差强人意 chā qiáng rén yì - (idiom) just passable
- barely satisfactory

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
- - 22,247 35,988 35,524

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chā- difference; discrepancy
- (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction)
- (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly
chà- different
- wrong; mistaken
- to fall short; to lack
- not up to standard; inferior
- Taiwan pr. [cha1]
chāi- to send (on an errand)
- (archaic) person sent on such an errand
- job; official post
- used in 參差|参差[cen1ci1]
qiáng- surname Qiang
jiàng- stubborn
- unyielding
qiáng- strong
- powerful
- better
- slightly more than
- vigorous
- violent
- best in their category, e.g. see 百強|百强[bai3 qiang2]
qiǎng- to force
- to compel
- to strive
- to make an effort
jiàng- variant of 強|强[jiang4]
qiáng- variant of 強|强[qiang2]
qiǎng- variant of 強|强[qiang3]
rén- person; people
- CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- idea
- meaning
- thought
- to think
- wish
- desire
- intention
- to expect
- to anticipate

Other Words Containing 差强人意

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
差强人意 - - 22,247 35,988 35,524