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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 情有独钟

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
情有独钟 qíng yǒu dú zhōng - to have a special fondness (for sth)

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
- - 21,126 21,873 18,824

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qíng- (bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
- (bound form) situation; condition
yǒu- to have; there is
- (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3yi4] intentional)
- alone
- independent
- single
- sole
- only
zhōng- surname Zhong
zhōng- handleless cup; goblet
- (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc)
- variant of 鐘|钟[zhong1]
zhōng- a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])
- clock (CL:座[zuo4])
- amount of time; o'clock (CL:點|点[dian3],分[fen1],秒[miao3]) (as in 三點鐘|三点钟[san1dian3zhong1] "three o'clock" or "three hours" or 五分鐘|五分钟[wu3fen1zhong1] "five minutes" etc)

Other Words Containing 情有独钟

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
情有独钟 - - 21,126 21,873 18,824