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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 平步青云
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 平步青云 | píng bù qīng yún | - to rapidly go up in the world - meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 25,876 | 58,116 | 35,678 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 平 | píng | - surname Ping |
| 平 | píng | - flat - level - equal - to tie (make the same score) - to draw (score) - calm - peaceful - abbr. for 平聲|平声[ping2 sheng1] |
| 步 | bù | - surname Bu |
| 步 | bù | - a step - a pace - walk - march - stages in a process - situation |
| 青 | qīng | - abbr. for 青海[Qing1 hai3], Qinghai Province |
| 青 | qīng | - green - blue - black - youth - young (of people) |
| 云 | yún | - (classical) to say |
| 云 | yún | - surname Yun - abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2nan2 Sheng3] |
| 云 | yún | - cloud - CL:朵[duo3] |
Other Words Containing 平步青云
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 平步青云 | - | - | 25,876 | 58,116 | 35,678 |