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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
xián- bow string
- string of musical instrument
- watchspring
- chord (segment of curve)
- hypotenuse
- CL:根[gen1]
wài- outside
- in addition
- foreign
- external
zhī- (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
- him
- her
- it
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