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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 弦外之音
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 弦外之音 | xián wài zhī yīn | - overtone (music) - (fig.) connotation - implied meaning |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 61,914 | 54,721 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 弦 | xián | - bow string - string of musical instrument - watchspring - chord (segment of curve) - hypotenuse - CL:根[gen1] |
| 外 | wài | - outside - in addition - foreign - external |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 音 | yīn | - sound - noise - note (of musical scale) - tone - news - syllable - reading (phonetic value of a character) |
Other Words Containing 弦外之音
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 |
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