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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 异想天开

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
异想天开 yì xiǎng - tiān kāi - (idiom) to imagine the wildest thing; to indulge in fantasy

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
- 8 16,356 38,220 30,014

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- different
- other
- hetero-
- unusual
- strange
- surprising
- to distinguish
- to separate
- to discriminate
xiǎng- to think (about)
- to think of; to devise
- to think (that); to believe (that)
- to desire; to want (to)
- to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format

Other Words Containing 异想天开

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
异想天开 - 8 16,356 38,220 30,014