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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 怒发冲冠
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 怒发冲冠 | nù fà chōng guān | - lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom) - fig. seething in anger - raise one's hackles |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 42,949 | 68,010 | 50,662 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 怒 | nù | - anger - fury - flourishing - vigorous |
| 发 | fā | - to send out - to show (one's feeling) - to issue - to develop - to make a bundle of money - classifier for gunshots (rounds) |
| 发 | fà | - hair - Taiwan pr. [fa3] |
| 冲 | chōng | - (of water) to dash against - to mix with water - to infuse - to rinse - to flush - to develop (a film) - to rise in the air - to clash - to collide with |
| 冲 | chōng | - thoroughfare - to go straight ahead - to rush - to clash |
| 冲 | chòng | - powerful - vigorous - pungent - towards - in view of |
| 冠 | guàn | - surname Guan |
| 冠 | guān | - hat - crown - crest - cap |
| 冠 | guàn | - to put on a hat - to be first - to dub |
Other Words Containing 怒发冲冠
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 怒发冲冠 | - | - | 42,949 | 68,010 | 50,662 |