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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 息事宁人
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 息事宁人 | xī shì níng rén | - to keep the peace; to patch up a quarrel (idiom) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 37,226 | 49,173 | 37,440 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 息 | xī | - breath - news - interest (on an investment or loan) - to cease - to stop - to rest - Taiwan pr. [xi2] |
| 事 | shì | - matter - thing - item - work - affair - CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
| 㝉 | zhù | - to store - to stand - space between the door and the entrance screen |
| 宁 | nìng | - old variant of 寧|宁[ning4] |
| 宁 | níng | - abbr. for Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2xia4 Hui2zu2 Zi4zhi4qu1] - abbr. for Nanjing 南京[Nan2jing1] - surname Ning |
| 宁 | níng | - peaceful - to pacify - to visit (one's parents etc) |
| 宁 | nìng | - would rather - to prefer - how (emphatic) - Taiwan pr. [ning2] |
| 宁 | níng | - variant of 寧|宁[ning2] |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
Other Words Containing 息事宁人
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 息事宁人 | - | - | 37,226 | 49,173 | 37,440 |