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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 手忙脚乱

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
手忙脚乱 shǒu máng - jiǎo luàn - (idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered

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
- - 20,878 23,040 19,711

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
máng- busy
- hurriedly
- to hurry
- to rush
jiǎo- foot
- leg (of an animal or an object)
- base (of an object)
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- classifier for kicks
jué- role (variant of 角[jue2])
luàn- in confusion or disorder
- in a confused state of mind
- disorder
- upheaval
- riot
- illicit sexual relations
- to throw into disorder
- to mix up
- indiscriminate
- random
- arbitrary

Other Words Containing 手忙脚乱

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
手忙脚乱 - - 20,878 23,040 19,711